Gender and rights / edited by Deborah L. Rhode and Carol Sanger.

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, Rhode Deborah L

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Series: The international library of essays on rightsPublication details: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005.Description: xxxix, 647 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0754623572 (alk. paper)
9780754623571

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DDC classification:

342.0878 RHO 22

LOC classification:

HQ1236 .G46125 2005

Contents:

Contents: Part I Gender and Rights: The problem of rights, Carol Smart ; Alchemy or fool's gold? Assessing feminist doubt about rights, Elizabeth Kiss; When justice replaces affection: the need for rights, Jeremy Waldron; Victims in the shadow of the law: a critique of the model of legal protection, Kristin Bumiller; That we are human, we have rights, Carlos A. Ball. Part II Sources of Well-Being and Harm: More than 100 Million women are missing, Amartya Sen; Women and cultural universals, Martha Nussbaum;Gender, property, and land rights: bridging a critical gap in economic analysis and policy, Bina Agarwal;Reflections on law in the everyday life of women, Catharine A. MacKinnon; The 'no problem' problem, Deborah L. Rhode; The right to care, Robin West. Part III Family: Relational rights and responsibilities: revisioning the family in liberal political theory and law, Martha Minow and Mary Lyndon Shanley; Group identity and women's rights in family law: the perils of multicultural accommodation, Ayelet Shachar; Vulnerability by marriage, Susan Moller Okin; Comparative law and the same-sex marriage debate: a step-by-step approach toward state recognition, William N. Eskridge, Jr. Part IV Violence: Identity within: cultural relativism, minority rights, and the empowerment of women, Radhika Coomaraswamy; Law as a Trojan horse: unintended consequences of rights-based interventions to support battered women, Ren Römkens; (Mis)identifying culture: Asian women and the 'cultural defense', Leti Volpp; Give me liberty or give me death: political asylum and the global persecution of lesbians and gay men, Suzanne B. Goldberg. Part V Work: 'Whether from reason or prejudice': taking money for bodily services, Martha C. Nussbaum; Dignity or equality? Responses to workplace harassment in European, German, and US law, Susanne Baer; For the children: trends in international policies and law

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Reference	REFERENCE SECTION	342.0878 RHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		21508

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Part I Gender and Rights: The problem of rights, Carol Smart ; Alchemy or fool's gold? Assessing feminist doubt about rights, Elizabeth Kiss; When justice replaces affection: the need for rights, Jeremy Waldron; Victims in the shadow of the law: a critique of the model of legal protection, Kristin Bumiller; That we are human, we have rights, Carlos A. Ball.

Part II Sources of Well-Being and Harm: More than 100 Million women are missing, Amartya Sen; Women and cultural universals, Martha Nussbaum;Gender, property, and land rights: bridging a critical gap in economic analysis and policy, Bina Agarwal;Reflections on law in the everyday life of women, Catharine A. MacKinnon; The 'no problem' problem, Deborah L. Rhode; The right to care, Robin West.

Part III Family: Relational rights and responsibilities: revisioning the family in liberal political theory and law, Martha Minow and Mary Lyndon Shanley; Group identity and women's rights in family law: the perils of multicultural accommodation, Ayelet Shachar; Vulnerability by marriage, Susan Moller Okin; Comparative law and the same-sex marriage debate: a step-by-step approach toward state recognition, William N. Eskridge, Jr.

Part IV Violence: Identity within: cultural relativism, minority rights, and the empowerment of women, Radhika Coomaraswamy; Law as a Trojan horse: unintended consequences of rights-based interventions to support battered women, Ren Römkens; (Mis)identifying culture: Asian women and the 'cultural defense', Leti Volpp; Give me liberty or give me death: political asylum and the global persecution of lesbians and gay men, Suzanne B. Goldberg.

Part V Work: 'Whether from reason or prejudice': taking money for bodily services, Martha C. Nussbaum; Dignity or equality? Responses to workplace harassment in European, German, and US law, Susanne Baer; For the children: trends in international policies and law

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