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The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2006

Susan Gluck Mezey
Affiliation:
Loyola University Chicago

Extract

The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence. Edited by Beverly Baines and Ruth Rubio-Marin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2005. 342 pp. $34.99. Paperback.

Beverly Baines and Ruth Rubio-Marin have gathered together a group of lawyers, mostly law faculty, with expertise in constitutional law, women's rights, civil and human rights, and gender equality. The result is an edited collection on constitutional sex equality litigation, with chapters covering a wide array of issues, including reproductive rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, family law, pornography, social welfare policy, and voting rights. By using gender as a “focal point” (p. 1) of constitutional jurisprudence, the authors assess the success of a feminist constitutional agenda.

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BOOK REVIEWS
Copyright
© 2006 The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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