Gender & the Law Books


Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early VirginiaAnne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia
Best Price: $17.94
This incisive work illuminates Virginia's colonial history in personal detail: legal procedures,...
The Law of Sex DiscriminationThe Law of Sex Discrimination
Best Price: $122.00
Although this book is admittedly not the most accessible one in it's class, it is one of the...
Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment LawClass Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law
Best Price: $6.90
Throughout my college career, I have become more and more aware of America's history in regards...
Gender Inequality: Feminist Theories and PoliticsGender Inequality: Feminist Theories and Politics
Best Price: $34.90
I don't write amazon reviews, but given the 5 star rating of the single review, I think a...
Transgender RightsTransgender Rights
Best Price: $8.99
This book is a very good source of imformation to protect yourself before even thinking about...


Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, and CommentaryGender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, and Commentary
Best Price: $104.00
When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973
Best Price: $20.65
Hey Everyone! Ever read these quotes by Marget Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood? ...
Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and LawFeminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law
Best Price: $8.88
This eloquent book is a collection of insightful orations given by Ms. MacKinnon during the...
Sexuality, Gender and the Law (University Casebook Series)Sexuality, Gender and the Law (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $134.00
Eskeridge and Hunter's Sexuality, Gender and the Law provides detailed information on the...
Domestic Violence and the Politics of PrivacyDomestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy
Best Price: $4.42
Although domestic violence is not new, it has only recently been recognized as a problem...


In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and PalestineIn the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine
Best Price: $22.94
Tucker undertakes an exacting study of the gender discourse of Islamic legal practice in Bilad...
The Case for Gay Rights: From Bowers to Lawrence and BeyondThe Case for Gay Rights: From Bowers to Lawrence and Beyond
Best Price: $19.77
As Americans wrestle with red-versus-blue debates over traditional values, defense of marriage,...
Women and the Law (University Casebook Series)Women and the Law (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $132.00
Women and the Law integrates cases with theoretical readings by feminists, social scientists,...
Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights: Milestones to EqualitySupreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights: Milestones to Equality
Best Price: $31.50
The first authoritative reference to make Supreme Court cases and issues involving women's...
Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of ReproductionSurrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction
Best Price: $22.72
Susan Markens takes on one of the hottest issues on the fertility front--surrogate...

Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's RightsDefending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights
Best Price: $18.95
As the long time president of the "American Civil Liberties Union," Nadine Strossen is...
Same-Sex Marriage and the ConstitutionSame-Sex Marriage and the Constitution
Best Price: $4.40
This is a well-done book, but one that will be a bit hard for those not at least somewhat...
Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford AnthologyEighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology
Best Price: $18.36
If you are looking for an affordable overview of female 18th-century poets this is, as of my...
Rethinking Gender, Crime, and Justice: Feminist ReadingsRethinking Gender, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Readings
Best Price: $43.86
Esteemed criminologists Claire M. Renzetti, Lynne Goodstein, and Susan L. Miller's volume of...
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...

Battered Women In The Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses (The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)Battered Women In The Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses (The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)
Best Price: $27.95
Recent laws have given women much-needed rights in seeking protection from abusive men, but...
Women's Lives, Men's LawsWomen's Lives, Men's Laws
Best Price: $12.00
In the past twenty-five years, no one has been more instrumental than Catharine MacKinnon in...
Sexuality, Gender, and The Law: Abridged, Second Edition (University Casebook Series)Sexuality, Gender, and The Law: Abridged, Second Edition (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $105.00
This abridged second edition is designed to meet the needs of undergraduate professors and...
Adversarial Legal Writing and Oral Argument (University Casebook Series)Adversarial Legal Writing and Oral Argument (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $30.00
Silvia Coulter has written an invaluable guide to rainmaking for women lawyers: an...
Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader (Critical America)Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader (Critical America)
Best Price: $19.89
This is a comprehensive, compelling collection sure to become a classic in sociology,...

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: $29.92
Feminist Perspectives on Contract Law (Glasshouse)Feminist Perspectives on Contract Law (Glasshouse)
Best Price: $51.15
Battered Women and Feminist LawmakingBattered Women and Feminist Lawmaking
Best Price: $22.28
For most of history, the law permitted men to "chastise" their wives. Common law...
Sexuality, Gender and the Law, 2nd Edition, 2007 Supplement (University Casebook)Sexuality, Gender and the Law, 2nd Edition, 2007 Supplement (University Casebook)
Best Price: $17.00
The author, a Yale Law School professor, expresses his contempt for the majority of American...
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the ClosetGaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet
Best Price: $28.50
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual...

Feminist Legal Theory: A Primer (Critical America)Feminist Legal Theory: A Primer (Critical America)
Best Price: $19.99
View the Table of Contents . Read the Introduction . ?This excellent primer traces the...
Gender and Human Rights (Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law)Gender and Human Rights (Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law)
Best Price: $56.36
In this book feminist scholars from a range of areas including international law, rights,...
Rethinking Gender, Crime, And Justice: Feminist PerspectivesRethinking Gender, Crime, And Justice: Feminist Perspectives
Best Price: $40.00
The Constitutional And Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law And Social ChangeThe Constitutional And Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law And Social Change
Best Price: $56.00
Voices of Women from the Criminal Justice SystemVoices of Women from the Criminal Justice System
Best Price: $19.97
These personal stories are short and highly moving, even shocking in most cases because the...

The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law (Critical America Series)The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law (Critical America Series)
Best Price: $21.99
Levit's book asks what will be the future of feminism now that so many goals of the 60s and 70s...
Critical Race Feminism: A Reader (Critical America Series)Critical Race Feminism: A Reader (Critical America Series)
Best Price: $26.00
View the Table of Contents . Read the Introduction . "This second edition is...
Applications Of Feminist Legal Theory (Women In The Political Economy)Applications Of Feminist Legal Theory (Women In The Political Economy)
Best Price: $41.03
This volume is an excellent overview of a wide range of prominent feminist scholar's views on...
Rights at Work: Pay Equity Reform and the Politics of Legal Mobilization (Chicago Series in Law and Society)Rights at Work: Pay Equity Reform and the Politics of Legal Mobilization (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
Best Price: $35.49
What role has litigation played in the struggle for equal pay between women and men? In Rights...
EEO Law and Personnel PracticesEEO Law and Personnel Practices
Best Price: $61.95
How do the EEO laws affect a company’s or an organization’s key personnel...

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: $7.95
I ordered this book for a paper that I had to write for one of my courses. It covers so much...
Boundaries of Her Body: A Troubling History of Women's Rights in AmericaBoundaries of Her Body: A Troubling History of Women's Rights in America
Best Price: $13.85
I picked up Rowland's new book because of it's topic on the history of women's rights, but I...
What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial DecisionWhat Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision
Best Price: $20.99
A must-read for anyone who wants to more fully understand the most controversial and divisive...
No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom (Critical America)No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom (Critical America)
Best Price: $20.68
Corporate America has historically been a man's world. It has been a commonplace assumption...
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: $27.86
This book contains invaluable information for women entering the law profession, but it is also...

The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in AmericaThe Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in America
Best Price: $5.99
I ordered this book when the history book I'd been using for my Intro to Women's Studies class...
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: $5.00
Affirmative action continues to be one of the most hotly contested issues in America. Volatile...
From IVF to Immortality: Controversy in the Era of Reproductive TechnologyFrom IVF to Immortality: Controversy in the Era of Reproductive Technology
Best Price: $28.13
This is a book for anyone who has ever paused to wonder whether cloning will ever be legal. Why...
Brabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early VirginiaBrabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early Virginia
Best Price: $39.95
Brabbling Women takes its title from a 1662 law enacted by Virginia's burgesses, which was...
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: $91.25

Tales from the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall StreetTales from the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall Street
Best Price: $4.99
I found it difficult to put this book down, and I would have given it 5 stars if the ending...
Unwanted Sex: The Culture of Intimidation and the Failure of LawUnwanted Sex: The Culture of Intimidation and the Failure of Law
Best Price: $4.98
"Unwanted Sex" explains, in clear and understandable language, how limited is women's...
Women and the Law of Property in Early America (Studies in Legal History)Women and the Law of Property in Early America (Studies in Legal History)
Best Price: $16.99
In this first comprehensive study of women's property rights in early America, Marylynn Salmon...
Sex Equality (University Casebook Series)Sex Equality (University Casebook Series)
Best Price: $75.00
Law school casebook that maps the legal doctrine of sex equality, using materials drawn from...
Outsiders Within: Black Women in the Legal Academy After Brown v. BoardOutsiders Within: Black Women in the Legal Academy After Brown v. Board
Best Price: $61.01
Through interviews with prominent legal academics such as Lani Guinier, Kimberle Crenshaw, and...

The Constitution As Social Design: Gender And Civic Membership in the American Constitutional OrderThe Constitution As Social Design: Gender And Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order
Best Price: $24.11
This book focuses on gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the...
A Woman's Kingdom: Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861A Woman's Kingdom: Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861
Best Price: $48.94
I have always been preoccupied with the idea of "how backward is really the alleged Russian...
Sex at Work: Attraction, Harassment, Flirtation and DiscriminationSex at Work: Attraction, Harassment, Flirtation and Discrimination
Best Price: $16.21
Florence looks for a consistent theme that business people... and people in general... can use...
What Is Sexual Harassment?: From Capitol Hill to the SorbonneWhat Is Sexual Harassment?: From Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne
Best Price: $12.00
Saguy's book accomplishes much and does so in an accessible and sophisticated way. I have used...
 
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