Feminist constitutionalism : global perspectives / edited by Beverley Baines, Daphne Barak-Erez, Tsvi Kahana : foreword by Catharine A. MacKinnon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baines, Beverley, 1941- editor.

Barak-Erez, Daphne, editor.

Kahana, Tsvi, 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Constitutional law.

Feminist jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 477 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Constitutionalism affirms the idea that democracy should not lead to the violation of human rights or the oppression of minorities. This book aims to explore the relationship between constitutional law and feminism. The contributors offer a spectrum of approaches and the analysis is set across a wide range of topics, including both familiar ones like reproductive rights and marital status, and emerging issues such as a new societal approach to household labor and participation of women in constitutional discussions online. The book is divided into six parts: I) feminism as a challenge to constitutional theory; II) feminism and judging; III) feminism, democracy, and political participation; IV) the constitutionalism of reproductive rights; V) women's rights, multiculturalism, and diversity; and VI) women between secularism and religion.

Contents:

Introduction. The idea and practice of feminist constitutionalism / Beverley Baines, Daphne Barak-Erez, and Tsvi Kahana

The gendered division of household labor : an issue of constitutional rights / Jennifer Nedelsky

Feminist fundamentalism and the constitutionalization of marriage / Mary Anne Case

Abortion, dignity, and a capabilities approach / Rosalind Dixon and Martha C. Nussbaum

Her-meneutics : feminism and interpretation / Daphne Barak-Erez

Intuition and feminist constitutionalism / Suzanne B. Goldberg

Women judges, "maiden speeches", and the High Court of Australia / Heather Roberts

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 / Kerri A. Froc

Constitutional adjudication and substantive gender equality in Hong Kong / Kelley Loper

The gendered state and women's political leadership : explaining the American puzzle / Eileen McDonagh and Paula A. Monopoli

On parity, interdependence, and women's democracy / Blanca Rodríguez-Ruiz and Ruth Rubio-Marín

Women's involvement in international constitution-making / Elizabeth Katz

Between constitutional jurisdiction and women's rights organizations : women, war, and the space of justice in Colombia / Carolina Vergel Tovar

The promise of democratic constitutionalism : women, constitutional dialogue, and the Internet / Tsvi Kahana and Rachel Stephenson

Pregnancy, equality, and U.S. constitutional law / Jennifer S. Hendricks

Federal spending and compulsory maternity / Nicole Huberfeld

Challenges for contemporary reproductive rights advocacy : the South African example / Rachel Rebouché

Constitutional rights of women under customary law in Southern Africa : dominant interventions and "old pathways" / Chuma Himonga

Minority women : a struggle for equal protection against domestic violence / Puja Kapai

Watch GRACE grow : South African customary law and constitutional law in the equality garden / Jewel Amoah

Critical multiculturalism / Vrinda Narain

Democratic theory, feminist theory, and constitutionalism : the challenge of multiculturalism / Susan Williams

Secular constitutionalism and Muslim women's rights : the Turkish headscarf controversy and its impact on the European Court of Human Rights / Hilal Elver

On God, promises, and money : Islamic divorce at the crossroads of gender and the law / Pascale Fournier

Polygamy and feminist constitutionalism / Beverley Baines.

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ISBN:

9780511980442

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