Feminist constitutionalism : global perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9333574 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Feminism as a Challenge to Constitutional Theory
- 1. Rethinking constitutionalism through the lens of the gendered division of household labour
- 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
- 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, independence, 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: 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