Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten

Book Overview

This book provides new, feminist perspectives on famous family law cases that span generations. The chapters take court decisions and rewrite them with feminist ideas in mind. Each rewritten opinion is penned by a leading scholar who relied only on materials available at the time of the original decision. The decisions address topics such as the criminalization of polygamy, intimate partner violence as a ground for asylum, the legality of gestational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108458335
• ISBN13: 9781108458337
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"