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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 91
Page 27
... statute here involved , we shall consider them more at length . In some instances the statute lim- ited the hours of labor for men in certain Occupations and in others it was confined in its application to women . No statute has thus ...
... statute here involved , we shall consider them more at length . In some instances the statute lim- ited the hours of labor for men in certain Occupations and in others it was confined in its application to women . No statute has thus ...
Page 270
... statute at issue here protects women from sexual intercourse at an age when those consequences are particularly severe . " The question thus boils down to whether a State may attack the problem of sexual intercourse and teenage ...
... statute at issue here protects women from sexual intercourse at an age when those consequences are particularly severe . " The question thus boils down to whether a State may attack the problem of sexual intercourse and teenage ...
Page 271
... statute so broad that it well be incapable of enforcement . 10 may We similarly reject petitioner's argu- ment that ยง 261.5 is impermissibly over- board because it makes unlawful sexual intercourse with prepubescent females , who are ...
... statute so broad that it well be incapable of enforcement . 10 may We similarly reject petitioner's argu- ment that ยง 261.5 is impermissibly over- board because it makes unlawful sexual intercourse with prepubescent females , who are ...
Contents
Early Interpretations of Due Process | 3 |
Substantive Due Process | 19 |
18681975 | 66 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abortion adoption appellant appellee applied argument basis benefits Boren burden Califano challenged child claim classification combat compelling conclude concurring Congress consent constitutional right constitutionally contraceptives Craig criminal decision denied disability dissenting District Court draft Due Process Clause employees Equal Protection Clause excluded exemption fact federal female fetus Fifth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment Frontiero fundamental gender gender-based governmental Griswold Hyde Amendment interest judgment JUSTICE BRENNAN JUSTICE POWELL JUSTICE REHNQUIST justify Kahn legislative legislature legitimate liberty majority male married ment mother opinion parents percent persons physician preg pregnancy prohibition purpose question reason Reed registration regulation relationship require rule scrutiny sex discrimination sexual sexual intercourse Shevin similarly situated spouses stat State's statute statutory scheme strict scrutiny substantial substantive due process supra tion tional Title VII treatment U.S. Supreme Court unconstitutional unmarried unwed fathers violation widows Wiesenfeld woman women