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Our Lives Before the Law : Constructing a Feminist Jurisprudence by Judith A Baer; American Council of Learned Societies is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Our Lives Before the Lawis an extremely interesting book on an extremely interesting subject. Baer offers passionate and powerful criticism that should appeal to a wide audience."--Deborah L. Rhode, Stanford University "This book displays a deep and subtle understanding of law, its possibilities and limits."--Christine A. Littleton, University of California, Los Angeles "A comprehensive and impressive work in feminist jurisprudence. It will become a must read for scholars in law and for those in political science and women's studies for whom law is a subject of interest."--Austin Sarat, Amherst College According to Judith Baer, feminist legal scholarship today does not effectively address the harsh realities of women's lives. Feminists have marginalized themselves, she argues, by withdrawing from mainstream intellectual discourse. In Our Lives Before the Law, Baer thus presents the framework for a new feminist jurisprudence--one that would return feminism to relevance by connecting it in fresh and creative ways with liberalism. Baer starts from the traditional feminist premise that the legal system has a male bias and must do more to help women combat violence and

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Author

Judith A Baer; American Council of Learned Societies

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691033167

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law, Legal Theory & Philosophy