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Book Review. Utopianism, Epistemology, And Feminist Theory, Susan H. Williams Jan 1993

Book Review. Utopianism, Epistemology, And Feminist Theory, Susan H. Williams

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Getting To Know: Honoring Women In Law And In Fact, Lynne N. Henderson Jan 1993

Getting To Know: Honoring Women In Law And In Fact, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Feminist Legal Epistemology, Susan H. Williams Jan 1993

Feminist Legal Epistemology, Susan H. Williams

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Legitimating The Illegitimate: A Comment On 'Beyond Rape', Robin West Jan 1993

Legitimating The Illegitimate: A Comment On 'Beyond Rape', Robin West

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Professor Dripps's provocative proposal, as I understand it, is that we think of sex as a commodity and rape as the theft of that commodity. Understood as such, the theft of sex accomplished through violence or the threat of violence is a twofold wrong: it violates our "negative" right to refuse to have sex with anyone for any or no reason, and violence or the threat of violence infringes our right to personal, physical security. Therefore, the violent expropriation of sex should be punished as a major felony, as is violent rape, at least in theory.

Furthermore, according to Dripps, …


The Breadth Of Context And The Depth Of Myth: Completing The Feminist Paradigm, Emily Calhoun Jan 1993

The Breadth Of Context And The Depth Of Myth: Completing The Feminist Paradigm, Emily Calhoun

Publications

No abstract provided.


"A(Nother) Critique Of Pure Reason": Toward Civic Virtue In Legal Education, Angela P. Harris, Marjorie Shultz Dec 1992

"A(Nother) Critique Of Pure Reason": Toward Civic Virtue In Legal Education, Angela P. Harris, Marjorie Shultz

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.


"A(Nother) Critique Of Pure Reason": Toward Civic Virtue In Legal Education, Angela P. Harris, Marjorie Shultz Dec 1992

"A(Nother) Critique Of Pure Reason": Toward Civic Virtue In Legal Education, Angela P. Harris, Marjorie Shultz

Marjorie M. Shultz

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Review Essay - Feminist Jurisprudence, Christina Whitman Jan 1991

Review Essay - Feminist Jurisprudence, Christina Whitman

Reviews

In the 1970s feminist legal theory furthered feminist legal practice. Feminist lawyers saw themselves as advocates of "women's rights," interested in winning legal victories in particular cases. Because their attention was focused on reform through legislation or litigation, the theory they developed was deliberately, if uncritically, grounded in what would be persuasive to those who held power in government institutions. They built directly upon the precedent made in race cases, precedent which assumed that the appropriate goal for social change was equality and defined equality as the similar treatment of similarly situated individuals. The key to the early legal victories …


Book Review. Law's Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson Jan 1991

Book Review. Law's Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


History's Challenge To Feminism, Jeanne L. Schroeder May 1990

History's Challenge To Feminism, Jeanne L. Schroeder

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe by James A. Brundage


Whose Nature? Practical Reason And Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson Jan 1990

Whose Nature? Practical Reason And Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Race And Essentialism In Feminist Legal Theory, Angela P. Harris Dec 1989

Race And Essentialism In Feminist Legal Theory, Angela P. Harris

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.