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Chix Nix Bundle-O-Stix: A Feminist Critique Of The Disaggregation Of Property, Jeanne L. Schroeder Nov 1994

Chix Nix Bundle-O-Stix: A Feminist Critique Of The Disaggregation Of Property, Jeanne L. Schroeder

Michigan Law Review

Property was dead, to begin with. The coroner, Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld, revealed that the unity, tangibility, and objectivity of property perceived by our ancestors was a phantom. Property is, in fact, merely a "bundle of sticks." When conceptualized as a collection of rights, property loses its distinctive qualities and its essence. It therefore does not, or at least should not, exist. Without unity and physicality, property loses its objectivity and can only be a myth. The rabble might still believe in the old gods of property, but the educated "specialists" now know that this was vulgar superstition. Once the populace …


A Kinder, Gentler Liberalism? Visions Of Empathy In Feminist And Communitarian Literature, Cynthia V. Ward Jul 1994

A Kinder, Gentler Liberalism? Visions Of Empathy In Feminist And Communitarian Literature, Cynthia V. Ward

Faculty Publications

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Feminism, Work And Sex: Returning To The Gates, Carlin Meyer Jan 1994

Feminism, Work And Sex: Returning To The Gates, Carlin Meyer

Articles & Chapters

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Gender And Professional Roles, Deborah L. Rhode Jan 1994

Gender And Professional Roles, Deborah L. Rhode

Fordham Law Review

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Curriculum Vitae (Feminae): Biography And Early American Women Lawyers, Carol Sanger Jan 1994

Curriculum Vitae (Feminae): Biography And Early American Women Lawyers, Carol Sanger

Faculty Scholarship

In this review, Carol Sanger examines the recent surge of interest in the lives of early women lawyers. Using Jane Friedman's biography of Myra Bradwell, America's First Woman Lawyer, as a starting point, Professor Sanger explores the complexities for the feminist biographer of reconciling for herself and for her subject conflicting professional, political, and personal sensibilities. Professor Sanger concludes that to advance the project of women's history, feminist biographers ought not retreat to the comforts of commemorative Victorian biography, even for Victorian subjects, but should instead strive to present and accept early women subjects on their own complex terms.


Getting Civilized, Carol Gilligan Jan 1994

Getting Civilized, Carol Gilligan

Fordham Law Review

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Hearing Women Not Being Heard: On Carol Gilligan's Getting Civilized And The Complexity Of Voice, Elizabeth M. Schneider Jan 1994

Hearing Women Not Being Heard: On Carol Gilligan's Getting Civilized And The Complexity Of Voice, Elizabeth M. Schneider

Fordham Law Review

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Rethinking Emotional Distress Law: Prenatal Malpractice And Feminist Theory, Carolyn A. Goodzeit Jan 1994

Rethinking Emotional Distress Law: Prenatal Malpractice And Feminist Theory, Carolyn A. Goodzeit

Fordham Law Review

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Questioning The Use Of Race-Specific And Gender-Specific Economic Data In Tort Litigation: A Constitutional Argument, Martha Chamallas Jan 1994

Questioning The Use Of Race-Specific And Gender-Specific Economic Data In Tort Litigation: A Constitutional Argument, Martha Chamallas

Fordham Law Review

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Men, Women And Rape, Donald Dripps, Linda Fairstein, Robin West, Deborah W. Denno Jan 1994

Men, Women And Rape, Donald Dripps, Linda Fairstein, Robin West, Deborah W. Denno

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.