The Constitutional Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social ChangeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 637 pages Goldstein provides a legal casebook examining women's constitutional rights as determined by U.S. Supreme Court decisions. This revised and updated edition of her 1979 work contains cases through the 1987 Supreme Court term. The cases discuss women's rights and 20th-century civil rights concepts equal protection of the laws, discriminatory practices, and privacy. The analysis traces the interactions between social change movements and the law and gives careful attention to concurring and dissenting opinions. This book is highly recommended for persons interested in law, social movements, and civil rights dimensions in our society. Steven Puro, St. Louis Univ. Copyright 1988 Cahners Business Information. |
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Cases in Law and Social Change Leslie Friedman Goldstein. Introduction to the Equal Protection Clause Suspect Classification : McLaughlin v . Florida ( 1964 ) After women's rights litigants were twice rebuffed in ... Equal Protection Clause /
Cases in Law and Social Change Leslie Friedman Goldstein. Introduction to the Equal Protection Clause Suspect Classification : McLaughlin v . Florida ( 1964 ) After women's rights litigants were twice rebuffed in ... Equal Protection Clause /
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... equal pro- tection approach in order both to understand the legal context that stimulated the ERA campaign of the 1970s and to ... protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does The Equal Protection Clause and Gender Discrimination 93.
... equal pro- tection approach in order both to understand the legal context that stimulated the ERA campaign of the 1970s and to ... protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does The Equal Protection Clause and Gender Discrimination 93.
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... equal protection hammer to lie dor- mant , wielding it with only the gentlest of kid gloves during this period . Radice v . New York ( see chapter 1 ) provides a good period example of ... Equal Protection Clause and Gender Discrimination 95.
... equal protection hammer to lie dor- mant , wielding it with only the gentlest of kid gloves during this period . Radice v . New York ( see chapter 1 ) provides a good period example of ... Equal Protection Clause and Gender Discrimination 95.
Contents
Early Interpretations of Due Process | 3 |
Substantive Due Process | 19 |
18681975 | 66 |
Copyright | |
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