The Common Law Inside the Female Body

by Anita Bernstein

Book Overview

In The Common Law Inside the Female Body, Anita Bernstein explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law. Despite its reputation for supporting conservatism and inequality, today's common law shares important commitments with feminism, namely in precepts and doctrines that strengthen the freedom of individuals and from there the struggle against the subjugation of women. By re-invigorating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107177812
• ISBN13: 9781107177819
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"