Gender & the Law Books


When Sex Counts: Making Babies and Making LawWhen Sex Counts: Making Babies and Making Law
Best Price: $2.69
I am a frequent reader of Professor Sherry Colb's Findlaw essays, collected in "When Sex...
Gender Violence: The Hidden War CrimeGender Violence: The Hidden War Crime
Best Price: $10.00
Sexual violence has been practiced against women during armed conflicts since the beginning of...
Unwelcome and Unlawful: Sexual Harassment in the American WorkplaceUnwelcome and Unlawful: Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace
Best Price: $8.43
Nearly every American woman will, at some point during her working life, be sexually harassed,...
A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay CouplesA Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples
Best Price: $6.00
This NOLO guide provides practical recommendations in an easy-to-read, accessible format. The...
Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford AnthologyEighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology
Best Price: $14.62
If you are looking for an affordable overview of female 18th-century poets this is, as of my...


Framed: Women in Law and FilmFramed: Women in Law and Film
Best Price: $15.95
Some women attack and harm men who abuse them. Social norms, law, and films all participate in...
Sexual Politics: The Gay Person in America Today (Series on Law, Politics and Society)Sexual Politics: The Gay Person in America Today (Series on Law, Politics and Society)
Best Price: $14.94
Contemporary and controversial, Shannon Gilreath's Sexual Politics is an important update to...
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the ClosetGaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet
Best Price: $24.29
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual...
Feminist Legal Theory: Readings In Law And Gender (New Perspectives on Law, Culture, and Society)Feminist Legal Theory: Readings In Law And Gender (New Perspectives on Law, Culture, and Society)
Best Price: $20.39
Our understanding of the law and its potential for reforming social and political norms was...
Feminism, Media, and the LawFeminism, Media, and the Law
Best Price: $38.69
The growing presence of women in the legal profession and the prominence of law as a site of...


Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, and CommentaryGender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, and Commentary
Best Price: $98.00
Agenda Setting, the UN, and NGOs: Gender Violence and Reproductive Rights (Advancing Human Rights)Agenda Setting, the UN, and NGOs: Gender Violence and Reproductive Rights (Advancing Human Rights)
Best Price: $29.91
In the mid-1990s, when the United Nations adopted positions affirming a woman's right to be free...
Feminist Perspectives on Contract Law (Glasshouse)Feminist Perspectives on Contract Law (Glasshouse)
Best Price: $46.61
The law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the...
Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender InequalitySpeaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality
Best Price: $28.65
"Rhode breaks little new ground," wrote one critic (Katha Pollitt, for the Atlantic...
Sex at Work: Attraction, Harassment, Flirtation and DiscriminationSex at Work: Attraction, Harassment, Flirtation and Discrimination
Best Price: $16.21
Considers the reasons sex is such a stubborn issue in the workplace and offers practical...

Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader (Critical America)Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader (Critical America)
Best Price: $19.48
This is a comprehensive, compelling collection sure to become a classic in sociology,...
Tales from the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall StreetTales from the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall Street
Best Price: $5.00
Too bad Antilla doesn't have a clue that it is **humans**, en toto, that do evil, not just men....
Sex Discrimination in the Workplace: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesSex Discrimination in the Workplace: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Best Price: $36.55
Any woman looking for information on discrimination in the workplace would be well-advised to...
Directions in Sexual Harassment LawDirections in Sexual Harassment Law
Best Price: $45.95
Catharine MacKinnon's work "Sexual Harassment of Working Women" had a major impact on...
The Birth of Surrogacy in IsraelThe Birth of Surrogacy in Israel
Best Price: $59.92
This is the first book that explores the controversial dilemmas posed by surrogate...

Sex Discrimination in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)Sex Discrimination in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)
Best Price: $1.75
Tracks the range of issues related to sex discrimination law. Text examines reproductive rights,...
Legal Feminism: Activism, Lawyering, and Legal TheoryLegal Feminism: Activism, Lawyering, and Legal Theory
Best Price: $15.00
Warm, witty and personal view of law and life. Well-written and lively. Brings feminist...
Brabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early VirginiaBrabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early Virginia
Best Price: $32.54
Brabbling Women takes its title from a 1662 law enacted by Virginia's burgesses, which was...
Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader (Critical America)Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader (Critical America)
Best Price: $19.48
This is a comprehensive, compelling collection sure to become a classic in sociology,...
Rethinking Equality Projects in Law: Feminist Challenges (Onati International Series in Law and Society)Rethinking Equality Projects in Law: Feminist Challenges (Onati International Series in Law and Society)
Best Price: $32.15
The concept of equality has been a key animating principle of modern feminism, and has been...

Petticoats & Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth Century CanadaPetticoats & Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth Century Canada
Best Price: $14.45
Conflict, Crisis, and Accountability: Racial Profiling and Law Enforcement in CanadaConflict, Crisis, and Accountability: Racial Profiling and Law Enforcement in Canada
Best Price: $24.95
It's Harder in Heels: Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life BalanceIt's Harder in Heels: Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life Balance
Best Price: $22.18
Privileged to know several of this book's authors, I found their stories lively, informative,...
Investigating Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement and Nontraditional Fields for WomenInvestigating Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement and Nontraditional Fields for Women
Best Price: $13.65
Investigating Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement is a must needed addition to the police...
Making Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal RightsMaking Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights
Best Price: $28.16
Rachel Roth sheds intellectual and logical light on some highly emotional issues. Her book...

Making Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal RightsMaking Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights
Best Price: $28.16
Rachel Roth sheds intellectual and logical light on some highly emotional issues. Her book...
Sexuality, Gender, and The Law: Abridged, Second Edition (University Casebook Series)Sexuality, Gender, and The Law: Abridged, Second Edition (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $114.00
This abridged second edition is designed to meet the needs of undergraduate professors and...
Gender on Trial: Sexual Stereotypes and Work/Life Balance in the Legal WorkplaceGender on Trial: Sexual Stereotypes and Work/Life Balance in the Legal Workplace
Best Price: $27.83
This book contains invaluable information for women entering the law profession, but it is also...
Petticoats & Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth Century CanadaPetticoats & Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth Century Canada
Best Price: $14.45
Women, Gays, and the Constitution: The Grounds for Feminism and Gay Rights in Culture and LawWomen, Gays, and the Constitution: The Grounds for Feminism and Gay Rights in Culture and Law
Best Price: $12.50
In this remarkable study, David A. J. Richards combines an interpretive history of culture and...

Affirmative Action on Trial: Sex Discrimination in Johnson V. Santa Clara (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)Affirmative Action on Trial: Sex Discrimination in Johnson V. Santa Clara (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
Best Price: $8.03
Affirmative action continues to be one of the most hotly contested issues in America. Volatile...
Dispelling the Myths of Abortion HistoryDispelling the Myths of Abortion History
Best Price: $76.00
In Roe v. Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun structured the argument of the majority around the...
Scotch Verdict: Miss Pirie and Miss Woods v. Dame Cumming GordonScotch Verdict: Miss Pirie and Miss Woods v. Dame Cumming Gordon
Best Price: $7.98
The year: 1810. The place: Edinburgh, Scotland. A student, Jane Cumming, accuses her school...
A Companion to Gender History (Blackwell Companions to History)A Companion to Gender History (Blackwell Companions to History)
Best Price: $28.96
A Companion to Gender History surveys the history of women around the world, studies their...
The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series.)The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series.)
Best Price: $29.01
I ordered this book for a paper that I had to write for one of my courses. It covers so much...

Zealous Reformers, Deadly LawsZealous Reformers, Deadly Laws
Best Price: $24.40
This book by one of the pioneers of the contemporary women s rights movement in India combines...
Sex Discrimination and the Law: History, Practice, and Theory (Law School Casebook Series)Sex Discrimination and the Law: History, Practice, and Theory (Law School Casebook Series)
Best Price: $74.00
Sex Equality: Family LawSex Equality: Family Law
Best Price: $14.99
Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide to Worldwide Laws & PoliciesFemale Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide to Worldwide Laws & Policies
Best Price: $21.75
Upon first glance, an unsuspecting reader might think that he or she had stumbled upon a...
Wretched Sisters: Examining Gender and Capital Punishment (Studies in Crime and Punishment)Wretched Sisters: Examining Gender and Capital Punishment (Studies in Crime and Punishment)
Best Price: $32.95
Since the United States reinstated the death penalty in 1976, eleven women have been put to...

The Criminalization of a Woman's Body (Women & Criminal Justice Series) (Women & Criminal Justice Series)The Criminalization of a Woman's Body (Women & Criminal Justice Series) (Women & Criminal Justice Series)
Best Price: $14.89
This book addresses the trend of introducing and passing laws regulating the actions of women...
Rebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women LawyersRebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers
Best Price: $23.55
Smith is a black male law professor at Howard University. He selects documents which discuss...
Women's Rights (Issues on Trial)Women's Rights (Issues on Trial)
Best Price: $18.10
Sex Equality (University Casebook Series)Sex Equality (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $75.95
Law school casebook that maps the legal doctrine of sex equality, using materials drawn from...
Violence Against Women: Philosophical PerspectivesViolence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives
Best Price: $5.02
I went through a domestic violence situation and was driving a car for the first time in a...

Voices of Women from the Criminal Justice SystemVoices of Women from the Criminal Justice System
Best Price: $18.17
These personal stories are short and highly moving, even shocking in most cases because the...
Free Movement, Social Security and Gender in the EU (Modern Studies in European Law)Free Movement, Social Security and Gender in the EU (Modern Studies in European Law)
Best Price: $112.50
This work examines the system of co-ordination of national social security laws in the European...
The Future of Gay Rights in AmericaThe Future of Gay Rights in America
Best Price: $24.70
Sandra Day O'Connor has called the gay rights movement "the first important civil rights...
Child Custody, Law, and Women's WorkChild Custody, Law, and Women's Work
Best Price: $159.21
Child Custody, Law, and Women's Work examines the transformation in custody law over the past...
The Law of Sex DiscriminationThe Law of Sex Discrimination
Best Price: $120.75
Although this book is admittedly not the most accessible one in it's class, it is one of the...

Women in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal RightsWomen in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal Rights
Best Price: $15.88
Philippa Strum's sympathies clearly lie with those who argued for admitting women to the...
Our Lives Before the LawOur Lives Before the Law
Best Price: $4.95
According to Judith Baer, feminist legal scholarship today does not effectively address the...
Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their FirmsPresumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their Firms
Best Price: $31.64
Congratulations on the fantastic book, Ms. Blohm and Ms. Riviera!
Telling Stories Out of Court: Narratives About Women and Workplace DiscriminationTelling Stories Out of Court: Narratives About Women and Workplace Discrimination
Best Price: $12.52
Contributors C. G. K. Atkins Bebe Moore Campbell Ellen Dannin Alice Elliott Dark ...
Stories Celebrating Group Work: It's Not Always Easy to Sit on Your MouthStories Celebrating Group Work: It's Not Always Easy to Sit on Your Mouth
Best Price: $12.12
Stories Celebrating Group Work: It's Not Always Easy to Sit on Your Mouth celebrates the 25th...
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