Feminist constitutionalism : global perspectives /
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. ©2012. |
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Description: | xv, 477 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8682412 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Introduction: The Idea and Practice of Feminist Constitutionalism
- Part I. Feminism as a Challenge to Constitutional Theory
- 1. The Gendered Division of Household Labor: An Issue of Constitutional Rights
- 2. Feminist Fundamentalism and the Constitutionalization of Marriage
- 3. Abortion, Dignity, and a Capabilities Approach
- Part II. Feminism and Judging
- 4. Her-meneutics: Feminism and Interpretation
- 5. Intuition and Feminist Constitutionalism
- 6. Women Judges, "Maiden Speeches," and the High Court of Australia
- 7. Will "Watertight Compartments" Sink Women's Charter Rights? The Need for a New Theoretical Approach to Women's Multiple Rights Claims under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- 8. Constitutional Adjudication and Substantive Gender Equality in Hong Kong
- Part III. Feminism, Democracy, and Political Participation
- 9. The Gendered State and Women's Political Leadership: Explaining the American Puzzle
- 10. On Parity, Interdependence, and Women's Democracy
- 11. Women's Involvement in International Constitution-Making
- 12. Between Constitutional Jurisdiction and Women's Rights Organizations: Women, War, and the Space of Justice in Colombia
- 13. The Promise of Democratic Constitutionalism: Women, Constitutional Dialogue, and the Internet
- Part IV. The Constitutionalism of Reproductive Rights
- 14. Pregnancy, Equality, and U.S. Constitutional Law
- 15. Federal Spending and Compulsory Maternity
- 16. Challenges for Contemporary Reproductive Rights Advocacy: The South African Example
- Part V. Women's Rights, Multiculturalism, and Diversity
- 17. Constitutional Rights of Women under Customary Law in Southern Africa: Dominant Interventions and "Old Pathways"
- 18. Minority Women: A Struggle for Equal Protection against Domestic Violence
- 19. Watch GRACE Grow: South African Customary Law and Constitutional Law in the Equality Garden
- 20. Critical Multiculturalism
- 21. Democratic Theory, Feminist Theory, and Constitutionalism: The Challenge of Multiculturalism
- Part VI. Women Between Secularism and Religion
- 22. Secular Constitutionalism and Muslim Women's Rights: The Turkish Headscarf Controversy and Its Impact on the European Court of Human Rights
- 23. On God, Promises, and Money: Islamic Divorce at the Crossroads of Gender and the Law
- 24. Polygamy and Feminist Constitutionalism
- Index