464 Pages
by
Routledge
464 Pages
by
Routledge
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Multidisciplinary focus Surveying many disciplines, this anthology brings together an outstanding selection of scholarly articles that examine the profound impact of law on the lives of women in the United States. The themes addressed include the historical, political, and social contexts of legal issues that have affected women's struggles to obtain equal treatment under the law. The articles... Read more
Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Nota Moral Issue (1983), The White Slave Traffic Act: Historical Impact of a Federal Crime Policy on Women, New York State's Prostitution Statute: Case Study of the Discriminatory Application of a Gender Neutral Law, Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography, and Equality, Pandora's Box: An Essay Review of American Law and Literature on Prostitution, Brief Amici Curiae of Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce, et al., in American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut, The Feminist Debate Over Prostitution Reform: Prostitutes' Rights Groups, Radical Feminists, and the (lm)possibility of Consent, Pornography and the Traffic in Women: Brief on Behalf of Trudee Able-Peterson, et al., Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant and Intervenor-Defendants, Village Books v. City of Bellingham, Feminist Jurisprudence, Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform, Whores in Court: Judicial Processing of Prostitutes in the Boston Municipal Court in 1990, Hate Crime Statutes: A Promising Tool for Fighting Violence Against Women, Acknowledgments
Biography
about the editor
Karen J. Maschke holds a Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University. Her area of specialization in public law, with a concentration on women and the law. She is the author of Litigation, Courts, and Women Workers (Praeger, 1989) and has published articles concerning women's legal rights. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the national Endowment for the Humanities.
