Gender equality in law : uncovering the legacies of Czech State socialism / by Havelková, Barbara, 1980-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…The three stages of regulation of woman and gender -- State-socialist law and rights -- Equality as socio-economic levelling -- Blindness to gender and patriarchy -- Women and gender after 1989 -- Post-socialist law and rights -- Equality and anti-discrimination after 1989 : resisting the ideas and the legal concepts -- Wanted : gender and feminism.…”
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Justice and gender : sex discrimination and the law / by Rhode, Deborah L., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Natural rights and natural roles -- The fragmentation of feminism and the legalization of difference -- Feminist challenges and legal responses -- The Equal Rights campaign -- The evolution of discrimination doctrine -- False dichotomies -- Competing perspectives on family policy -- Equality in form and equality in fact : women and work -- Reproductive freedom -- Sex and violence -- Association and assimilation -- Conclusion: Principles and priorities.…”
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The Gender Line : Men, Women, and the Law. by Levit, Nancy, JSTOR books

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction -- 2 Gender Separatism -- 3 How Courts Enforce Gender Separatism -- 4 Making Men: The Socio-Legal Construct of Masculinity -- 5 The "F" Word: Feminism and Its Detractors -- 6 Feminist Legal Theory and the Treatment of Men -- 7 Reconstructing Images of Gender in Theory -- 8 Remaking Gender in Practice: Looking Forward.…”
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Failure to protect : America's sexual predator laws and the rise of the preventive state / by Janus, Eric S.

Table of Contents: “…-- PART I: FATEFUL CHOICES: New legislative approaches -- Judicial promises and betrayals -- A factual primer on sexual violence -- Benefits and costs -- PART II: CONSEQUENCES: Feminism, the culture wars, and sexual violence -- Harbinger of the preventive state? …”
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The work of rape / by Jaleel, Rana M., 1974-, Duke University Press ebooks

Table of Contents: “…The Work of Rape -- The US Sex Wars Meet the Ethnic Wars -- States of War, Men as State: The Tortured Americas, Genocidal Balkans, and the Sexual State Form -- My Own Private Genocide: From Ethnic War to the War on Terror -- Two Title IXs: Empire and the Transnational Production of "Welcomeness" on campus -- Poem about My Rights: Decolonial and Abolitionist Feminisms and the Work of Rape.…”
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Dangerous sex, invisible labor : sex work and the law in India / by Kotiswaran, Prabha

Table of Contents: “…Dangerous sex, invisible labor : an introduction -- Revisiting the material : recasting the sex work debates -- Theorizing the lumpen proletariat : a genealogy of materialist feminism on sex work -- Not on the lord's agenda : the traveling sex workers of Tirupati -- Born unto brothels : sex work in a Kolkata red-light area -- Regulating sex markets : the paradoxical life of the law -- Toward a postcolonial materialist feminist theory of sex work.…”
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A people's history of the European Court of Human Rights / by Goldhaber, Michael D. (Michael Dov)

Table of Contents: “…-- Dumb immigrants -- Minos and Jehovah -- Recovered memories -- Mohammed comes to Strasbourg -- The death penalty, mutilation, and the whip -- The original hooded men -- The tortures of Aksoy -- Two faces of Kurdish feminism -- The Chechen challenge -- The Roma challenge -- A constitutional identity for Europe -- Human rights in Europe and America.…”
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Feminist perspectives on contemporary international law : between resistance and compliance? / by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Missionary zeal for a secular mission : bringing gender to transitional justice and redemption to feminism /…”
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Family law and the indissolubility of parenthood / by Parkinson, Patrick, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Family law and the issue of gender conflict -- The divorce revolution and the process of allocation -- Redefining parenthood after separation -- Reasons for the demise of sole custody -- Shared parenting : the new frontier -- Violence, abuse and post-separation parenting -- Relocation -- Dispute resolution for the enduring family -- Adjudication for the enduring family -- Child support and the obligations of parenthood -- Spousal support and the feminization of poverty -- Between two conflicting views of separation and divorce.…”
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Legal ethics and legal practice : contemporary issues / by Oxford Scholarship Online

Table of Contents: “…Portia redux : another look at gender, feminism, and legal ethics /…”
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Gender trials : emotional lives in contemporary law firms / by Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Mothering Paralegals: Emotional Labor in a Feminized Occupation -- 5. Women and Men as Litigators: Gender Differences on the Job -- 6. …”
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Revisiting children's rights : 10 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child / by PALCI EBSCO books

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Islamic law and the challenges of modernity /

Table of Contents: “…Brown and Adel Omar Sherif ; A typology of state Muftis / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen ; A contextual approach to improving asylum law and practices in the Middle East / Nadia Yakoob and Aimen Mir ; Internationalizing the conversation on women's rights; Arab countries face the CEDAW committee / Ann Elizabeth Mayer ; Tahlil marriage in Shari'a, legal codes, and the contemporary Fatwa literature / Barbara Fryer Stowasser and Zeinab Abul-Magd / Egyptian feminism: trapped in the identity debate / Lama Abu-Odeh ; Muslim women and legal reform: the case of Jordan and women's work / Amira El-Azhary Sonbol.…”

Feminist Legal History : Essays on Women and Law. by JSTOR

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Law, History, and Feminism; PART I: CONTRADICTIONS IN LEGALIZING GENDER; 1 Courts and Temperance "Ladies"; 2 Women behind the Wheel: Gender and Transportation Law, 1860-1930; 3 Expatriation by Marriage: The Case of Asian American Women; 4 Made with Men in Mind: The GI Bill and Its Reinforcement of Gendered Work after World War II; 5 Fighting Women: The Military, Sex, and Extrajudicial Constitutional Change; 6 Irrational Women: Informed Consent and Abortion Regret; PART II : WOMEN'S TRANSFORMATION OF THE LAW.…”
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Families-- beyond the nuclear ideal / by PALCI EBSCO books

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India and international law. by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments13; -- Foreword -- Note about the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Table of National Cases -- Table of Indian Municipal Legislations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Interface between International Law and Municipal Law: Role of the Indian Juriciary -- Chapter 2 -- India and UN Reforms -- Chapter 3 -- India and the Nuclear Weapons Proliferation -- Chapter 4 -- India and the International Law of Civilian Nuclear Energy -- Chapter 5 -- India and the International Energy Law -- Chapter 6 -- Climate Change, Energy Law and India -- Chapter 7 -- International Financial Institutions and Indian Banking: A Legal Profile -- Chapter 8 -- Patent Laws in India: One Step Forward and Two Steps Backward -- Chapter 9 -- India and International Investment Laws -- Chapter 10 -- Bilateral Tax Treaties: A Review of Indian laws -- Chapter 11 -- Combating Public Corruption in India and the United Nations Convention against Corruption -- Chapter 12 -- Sports Broadcast Regulation and India -- Chapter 13 -- Feminism and International Law in India -- Chapter 14 -- Violence against Women: International and National Human Rights Jurisprudence -- Chapter 15 -- Judiciary of India and Implementation of International Environmental Law in India: Some Remarks -- Chapter 16 -- Jurisdictional Issues in the Enforcement of Foreign Divorce Decrees in India -- Chapter 17 -- Family Law and Religion -- An Indian Experience -- Concluding Remarks -- India: Status of Signature and Ratification of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the United Nations Secretary-General as of 20 July 2007 -- Select Bibliography -- Index13; -- Reviews: India and International Law volume 113.…”
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The canon of American legal thought /

Table of Contents: “…MacKinnon ; Feminism, Marxism, method, and the state : toward a feminine jurisprudence / Catharine A. …”
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Pillars of justice : lawyers and the liberal tradition / by Fiss, Owen M., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Thurgood Marshall : the law's promise -- William Brennan : a life lived twice -- John Doar : to stand for what is right -- Burke Marshall : a reluctant hero -- Harry Kalven : a tenth justice -- Eugene Rostow : the law according to Yale -- Arthur Leff : making coffee and other duties of citizenship -- Catharine MacKinnon : feminism in the classroom -- Joseph Goldstein : the scholar as sovereign -- Carlos Nino : the death of a public intellectual -- Robert Cover : cases and materials -- Morton Horwitz : timeless truths -- Aharon Barak : law is everywhere -- Coda : toiling in Eden.…”
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Law and revolution in South Africa : uBuntu, dignity, and the struggle for constitutional transformation / by Cornell, Drucilla, JSTOR

Table of Contents: “…-- uBuntu, pluralism, and the responsibility of legal academics -- Rethinking ethical feminism through uBuntu -- Is there a difference that makes a difference between dignity and uBuntu? …”
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Law and the quest for gender equality / by Thornton, Margaret, JSTOR books

Table of Contents: “…The contradictions of law reform. -- 4. Feminism and the changing state. -- 5. Sexual harassment losing sight of sex discrimination. -- 6. …”
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