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 389
... interest in ensuring maternal safety once an abortion may be more dan- gerous than childbirth , it simply does not follow that the State has no interest before that point that justifies state regulation to ensure that first - trimester ...
... interest in ensuring maternal safety once an abortion may be more dan- gerous than childbirth , it simply does not follow that the State has no interest before that point that justifies state regulation to ensure that first - trimester ...
Page 407
... interest becomes compelling is en- tirely arbitrary . The Court's " explanation " for the line it has drawn is that the state's interest becomes compelling at viability 3. JUSTICE STEVENS asserts that I am " quite wrong in suggesting ...
... interest becomes compelling is en- tirely arbitrary . The Court's " explanation " for the line it has drawn is that the state's interest becomes compelling at viability 3. JUSTICE STEVENS asserts that I am " quite wrong in suggesting ...
Page 452
... interest , the exclusion they create is rational and therefore consti- tutional . But it is misleading to speak of the Government's legitimate interest in the fetus without reference to the context in which that interest was held to be ...
... interest , the exclusion they create is rational and therefore consti- tutional . But it is misleading to speak of the Government's legitimate interest in the fetus without reference to the context in which that interest was held to be ...
Contents
Early Interpretations of Due Process | 3 |
Substantive Due Process | 19 |
18681975 | 66 |
Copyright | |
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