Laura Otten

Women's Rights and the Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with colonial times and moving to the present, Otten examines women's struggle for social, economic, political, and civic equality, using key Supreme Court decisions as the basis for chronicling the changing position of women in American society. Otten provides students with a knowledge base from which to address questions such as: Does the Constitution really protect women? Despite gains in status and legal protection, has the position of women in society really improved? What is the ultimate status of women as defined by U.S. law? Do the decisions of the Supreme Court reflect a consistency in the Court's thinking regarding women and their rightful place in society? When addressing issues related to women's rights, have the Justices of the Court engaged in social activism or simple judicial interpretation? Throughout, the author emphasizes that women's struggle for self-determination and equality is also that of men's.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780275931858
• ISBN-10: 0275931854
• Artikelnr.: 21382103

Autorenporträt

LAURA A. OTTEN is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Women's Studies at LaSalle University. She was instrumental in developing the University's Women's Studies Program and she served as its second Director.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Law, the Constitution, and the U.S. Supreme Court Women
and Men, Girls and Boys: Separate and Equal? No Women Allowed: The Early
History The Writing on the Wall: No Constitutional Protections for Women
The Dawning of Enlightenment The Dawning Continues Biology versus the Law
The Bumpy Road to the Present: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward The
Seesaw Continues The End of the Line Conclusion Bibliography and Suggested
Readings Index