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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Page 124
... female member to obtain the benefits intended to be bestowed upon her by the statutes . The classification is bur- densome for a female member who is not actually providing over one - half the support for her claimed husband only to the ...
... female member to obtain the benefits intended to be bestowed upon her by the statutes . The classification is bur- densome for a female member who is not actually providing over one - half the support for her claimed husband only to the ...
Page 270
... female . We hold that such a statute is sufficiently re- lated to the State's objectives to pass consti- tutional muster . Because virtually all of the significant harmful and inescapably identifiable con- sequences of teenage pregnancy ...
... female . We hold that such a statute is sufficiently re- lated to the State's objectives to pass consti- tutional muster . Because virtually all of the significant harmful and inescapably identifiable con- sequences of teenage pregnancy ...
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... female than for the male . But the plu- rality surely cannot believe that the risk of pregnancy confronted by the female - any more than the risk of venereal disease confronted by males as well as females- has provided an effective ...
... female than for the male . But the plu- rality surely cannot believe that the risk of pregnancy confronted by the female - any more than the risk of venereal disease confronted by males as well as females- has provided an effective ...
Contents
Early Interpretations of Due Process | 3 |
Substantive Due Process | 19 |
18681975 | 66 |
Copyright | |
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