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Book SynopsisThis timely, evocative book showcases Bertha Wilson’s contributions to the Canadian legal landscape and explores the issues that this controversial personality grappled with in her life and career.Trade ReviewThe book is an excellent legacy of Madame Justice Bertha Wilson’s life as a lawyer, jurist, role model, and task force chair. Hers was a life that made a difference. -- Joan Brockman * Canadian Journal of Woman and the Law, Vol 22 *Justice Bertha Wilson is an original contribution ... this collection of essays reminds us that all women constitute themselves within conditions of overt and more ambient gender discrimination. Through the lens of one “extraordinary” woman’s life, this collection contributes to feminist attempts to develop theories that account for women’s capacity for agency, their negotiations, concessions, and transgressions of normative femininity – in short, the relative and shifting constraints and opportunities generated through our interactions with gendered social structures. -- Suzanne Bouclin, Faculty of Law, McGill University * Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2010 *Table of ContentsPreface / Justice Claire L'Heureux-DubéIntroduction / Kim BrooksPart 1: Foundations1 Bertha Wilson’s Practice Years (1958–75): Establishing a Research Practice and Founding a Research Department in Canada / Angela Fernandez and Beatrice Tice2 A Traditionalist’s Property Jurisprudence/ Larissa Katz3 Power, Discretion, and Vulnerability, Justice Wilson and Fiduciary Duty in the Corporate/Commercial Context / Janis Sarra4 A Few More Spokes to the Wheel: Reasonableness, Fairness, and Justice in Justice Bertha Wilson’s Approach to Contract Law / Moira L. McConnell5 Giving Emotions Their Due: Justice Bertha Wilson’s Response to Intangible Loss in Contract / Shannon Kathleen O’ByrnePart 2: Controversy6 Picking up Where Justice Wilson Left Off: The Tort of Discrimination Revisited / Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey7 Paradigms of Prostitution: Revisiting the Prostitution Reference / Janine Benedet8 Contextualizing Criminal Defences: Exploring the Contribution of Justice Bertha Wilson / Isabel Grant and Debra Parkes9 “Finally I know Where I am Going to Be From”: Culture, Context, and Time in a Look Back at Racine v. Woods / Gillian Calder10 Challenging Patriarchy or Embracing Liberal Norms? Justice Wilson’s Child Custody and Access Decisions / Susan B. BoydPart 3: Reflections11 But Was She a Feminist Judge? / Beverley Baines12 I Agree/Disagree for the Following Reasons: Convergence, Divergence, and Justice Wilson’s “Modest Degree of Creativity” / Marie-Claire Belleau, Rebecca Johnson, and Christina Vinters13 A Way of Being in the World / Lorna Turnbull14 Ideas and Transformation: A Reflection on Bertha Wilson’s Contribution to Gender Equality in the Legal Profession / Melina Buckley15 Taking a Stand on Equality: Bertha Wilson and the Evolution of Judicial Education in Canada / Rosemary Cairns Way and T. Brettel Dawson16 Bertha Wilson: “Silences” in a Woman’s Life Story / Mary Jane MossmanIndex

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the Supreme Court of Canada, Craig attempts to overcome the constraints of theoretical frameworks and disciplinary boundaries by pursuing a more inclusive theory of law and sexuality.Trade ReviewElaine Craig’s book contributes significantly by studying sexuality transversally, across legal fields normally seen as distinct. Through provocative readings of leading cases, grounded in feminist and queer theory, it shows how the Supreme Court’s judgments embody different approaches from one field to another. -- Robert Leckey, Faculty of Law, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Essentialism and Constructivism in Law2 Legal Conceptions of Sexual Nature and Natural Sex3 Natural Categories and Non-Categorical Approaches to Law and Sexuality4 Socially Constructed Conceptions of Sexual Violence5 A Moral Shift6 Some Subjective Truths About the Objective Truth of Sex7 Trouble Ahead: An Iconoclastic Approach to Sexual Integrity in the LawNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of battered woman syndrome was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the legal response to battered women who killed their partners in the fifteen years since Lavallee.Elizabeth Sheehy uses trial transcripts and a case study approach to tell the stories of eleven women, ten of whom killed their partners. She looks at the barriers women face to just leaving, the various ways in which self-defence was argued in these cases, and which form of expert testimony was used to frame women's experience of battering. Drawing upon a rich expanse of research from many disciplines, she highlights the limitations of the law of self-defence and the costs to women undergoing a murder trial. In a final chapter, she proposes numerous reforms.In Canada, a woman is killed every six days by her male partner, anTrade ReviewIn Defending Battered Women on Trial: Lessons from the Transcripts, Sheehy offers a compelling and startling account of the criminal justice system’s failure to protect women from the men who batter them. She begins the book by situating the issue in its historical legal context. Making the work accessible to an audience much broader than just those well-versed in criminal law, Sheehy provides the reader with ample background to understand the legal context in Canada both prior to and in the years following the Supreme Court of Canada’s 1990 recognition of battered women syndrome in R. v Lavallee.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Angelique Lyn Lavallee2 Bonnie Mooney3 Kimberley Kondejewski4 Gladys Heavenfire and Doreen Sorenson5 Donelda Kay, Denise Robin Rain, and Jamie Gladue6 Lilian Getkate7 Margaret Ann Malott and Rita GravelineConclusionAppendix; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on trial transcripts, this book tells the stories of ten battered women who killed their male partners and one who did not, revealing why women don’t “just leave” and the serious barriers to achieving acquittal.Trade ReviewIn Defending Battered Women on Trial: Lessons from the Transcripts, Sheehy offers a compelling and startling account of the criminal justice system’s failure to protect women from the men who batter them. She begins the book by situating the issue in its historical legal context. Making the work accessible to an audience much broader than just those well-versed in criminal law, Sheehy provides the reader with ample background to understand the legal context in Canada both prior to and in the years following the Supreme Court of Canada’s 1990 recognition of battered women syndrome in R. v Lavallee.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Angelique Lyn Lavallee2 Bonnie Mooney3 Kimberley Kondejewski4 Gladys Heavenfire and Doreen Sorenson5 Donelda Kay, Denise Robin Rain, and Jamie Gladue6 Lilian Getkate7 Margaret Ann Malott and Rita GravelineConclusionAppendix; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisBoth lionized and vilified, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape and in particular its highest court. The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first from Quebec, she was known as the great dissenter on the bench, making judgments that were applauded and criticized in turn.L'Heureux-Dubé's innovative legal approach was anchored in the social, economic, and political context of her cases. Constance Backhouse employs a similar tactic. Rather than focusing exclusively on her high-profile cases and jurisprudential legacy, sheexplores the socio-political and cultural setting in which L'Heureux-Dubé's career unfolded, while also considering her personal life. This compelling biography covers aspects of legal history that have never been so fully investigated, enhancing our understanding of the judiciary, the creation of law, the distinctive socio-legal environment of Quebec, the experiences of women in the legal profession, Trade Review[Claire L’HeureuxDubé: A Life] is an exceptional contribution to Canadian legal literature. Backhouse completely immersed herself in her subject by taking extensive French immersion studies, learning about the Quebec civil law system, and conducting close to 200 interviews over a ten-year period … the result is a meticulously researched but very readable biography of a leading figure in Quebec and Canadian law. -- David Cameletti, Barrister and Solicitor * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsForewordChronologyIntroduction1 EwanchukFamily Heritage and Childhood2 Lineage: Of Elephants, Literary Salons, the Military, and Mozart3 Early Years: Quebec City and Rimouski4 Growing Up in RimouskiEarly Education 5 Life as a Pensionnaire with the Ursulines, 1937–436 Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue: Classical Studies for a Baccalauréat, 1943–46A Legal Education7 The Decision to Go to Law School, 1946–488 Laval Law School Student Body, 1948–529 Laval Law School Faculty and Curriculum, 1948–5210 Life Outside of Law School, 1949–52Law Practice11 Entry: A Law Firm Job, 195212 Sam Bard: The Man behind the Employment Offer13 Business Law Practice14 Marriage and Children15 Family Law: The Later Years of Practice16 Practising as a WomanQuebec Superior Court17 New Career Directions: “No” to Electoral Politics, “Yes” to the Bench, 1972–7318 First Months on the Bench, February to October 197319 Immigration Commission of Inquiry, October 1973 to January 197620 Quebec Superior Court, 1976–7921 Family Tragedy: Arthur’s Death, 11 July 1978Quebec Court of Appeal22 Appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, 197923 Appellate Judging, 1979–8724 More Family TraumasSupreme Court of Canada25 Appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, 198726 Early Days on the Supreme Court of Canada27 Continuing Isolation on the Supreme Court28 Fifteen Years of Jurisprudence, 1987–2002: “The Great Dissenter”Selected Cases29 Sexual Assault: Seaboyer, 199130 Family Law and Spousal Support: Moge, 199231 Human Rights for Same-Sex Couples: Mossop, 199332 Tax Law and Sex Discrimination: Symes, 199333 More Deaths, 1987–9434 The Quebec Secession Reference: “The Most Important Case,” 199835 Fairness in Immigration Law: Baker, 199936 Epilogue on EwanchukA Wider Stage37 Judicial Education and International Influence38 Retirement: A Much Heralded ExitConclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWomen are the fastest growing group of incarcerated people in Canada. While feminist criminologists advocate for community alternatives to imprisonment, they often do so without offering a corresponding analysis of existing community programs. And critical criminologists rarely consider gender in their assessment of the options.This book brings these criminological strands together in a concise and carefully reasoned analysis of alternative justice programs for criminalized women. Drawing on interviews with staff and documents from alternative justice agencies, Amanda Nelund finds that alternative programs neither reproduce dominant justice system norms nor provide complete alternatives. Instead, formal and informal practices reflect the tension between neoliberal and social justice approaches. A Better Justice? calls attention to the potential that alternative programs have for both alignment with and opposition to criminal justice norms. It is in the potentiTrade Review"While much feminist criminological research in Canada focuses on women’s experiences in Toronto, Vancouver, or Montreal, A Better Justice? adds an important Prairie-centric analysis. By documenting and examining community-based efforts to assist criminalized women in the city of Winnipeg, Nelund considers how front-line organizations attempt to imagine and do justice differently in Canada."—Jennifer Kilty, University of OttawaWhile much feminist criminological research in Canada focuses on women’s experiences in Toronto, Vancouver, or Montreal, A Better Justice? adds an important Prairie-centric analysis. By documenting and examining community-based efforts to assist criminalized women in the city of Winnipeg, Nelund considers how front-line organizations attempt to imagine and do justice differently in Canada. -- Jennifer Kilty, University of Ottawa

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Book SynopsisFamily Law in Action examines the inequalities produced by divorce and separation in France and Quebec.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Why the Liberalization of Divorce Leads to Unequal Access to Justice2 How Gender and National Context Shape the Legal Profession3 The Legal Encounter as a Situated Nexus of Power4 How Family Justice Frames Unequal Parenthoods5 Family Law and the Welfare State: Intertwining Economic InequalitiesConclusionNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisThe right to divorce is a symbol of individual liberty and gender equality under the law, but in practice it is anything but equitable. Family Law in Action reveals the class and gender inequalities embedded in the process of separation and its aftermath in Quebec and France. Drawing on empirical research conducted on their respective court and welfare systems, Emilie Biland analyzes how men and women in both places encounter the law and its representatives in ways that affect their personal and professional lives. While gender inequality is less pronounced in Quebec than in France, and class inequality is starker, in both national contexts inequalities after breakups are driven by the same three mechanisms: access to the law and justice, interactions with legal professionals, and the ways these two factors shape lifestyle and standard of living. Family Law in Action is a rigorous but compassionate study that encourages governments to make good on the emancipatory Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Why the Liberalization of Divorce Leads to Unequal Access to Justice2 How Gender and National Context Shape the Legal Profession3 The Legal Encounter as a Situated Nexus of Power4 How Family Justice Frames Unequal Parenthoods5 Family Law and the Welfare State: Intertwining Economic InequalitiesConclusionNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisSurvivors of conversion practices interventions meant to stop gender transition have likened these to torture. In the last decade, bans on these deeply unethical and harmful processes have proliferated, and governments across the world are considering following suit.Banning Transgender Conversion Practices considers pivotal questions for anyone studying or working to prevent these harmful interventions. What is the scope of the bans? How do they differ across jurisdictions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of legislative approaches to regulating trans conversion therapy? How can we improve these prohibitions? Florence Ashley answers these questions and demonstrates the need for affirmative health care cultures and detailed laws that clearly communicate which practices are banned.Banning Transgender Conversion Practices centres trans realities to rethink and push forward the legal regulation of conversion therapy, culminating in a carefully Trade ReviewFlorence Ashley does a magnificent job putting theory into practice. -- Rebecca Sanaeikia, University of Rochester * Medical Law International *Authored by an award-winning legal scholar, this book has an obvious home beyond academic law library collections. -- Alexandra Kwan, University of Toronto * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsForewordIntroduction1 What Are Trans Conversion Practices?2 Interpreting the Scope of Bans3 Legal Variants Across the Globe4 Opposition and Constitutional Challenges to Bans5 Policy Analysis 6 Developing an Affirmative Professional Culture7 Annotated Model Law for Prohibiting Conversion PracticesConclusionAppendix: Professional Organizations Opposing Trans Conversion PracticesNotes; Glossary; Index

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Book SynopsisThe paradigm of family has shifted rapidly and dramatically, from nuclear unit to diverse constellations of intimacy. At the same time, some norms resist change, such as women's continuing role as primary care providers despite their increased uptake of paid work. This tension between transformation and stasis in family arrangements has an impact on economic, emotional, and legal aspects of daily life.House Rules critically explores the intertwining of norms and laws that govern familial relationships. The authors in this incisive collection engage with four countries Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan and expose the ingrained and unsettled norms that affect families and the law's role in regulating them. Over recent decades, the law has struggled to adjust to transformations in what typifies the structures and practices of family life. House Rules provides tools to analyze those difficulties and, ultimately, to design laws toTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Erez Aloni and Régine TremblayPart 1: Locating Norms1 The Private Lives of High-Wealth Families / Allison Anna Tait2 Identity Choices at the Intersections: The Inequality of Cross-Border Motherhood and What to Do about It / Chao-ju ChenPart 2: Law’s Norms3 Family Law as Expression: Financial Relief in the English Courts / Alison Diduck4 The Complex Interrelationships of Financial and Child-Related Issues in Post-separation Disputes: Gender Matters / Rachel TreloarPart 3: Norms’ Stickiness5 Familial Ideology, Privatization, and Care Arrangements for Children in the Family Law and Child Protection Systems / Wanda Wiegers6 Family, Gender, and the Public/Private Divide in the United Kingdom’s Human Rights Act 1998 / Nicola BarkerPart 4: Measuring Norms7 One Myth Leads to Another: From Ignorance of the Laws to the Presumption of Informed Choice among de Facto Spouses / Hélène Belleau8 “WAR” and Other Reasons People Move In Together: Analyzing Cohabitating Relationship Progressions in British Columbia / Erez Aloni and Adam Vanzella-YangPart 5: Reforming Norms9 Measuring Success of (Family) Law Reforms / Julianna Ivanyi and Régine Tremblay10 Abolishing Family Law (as We Know It) / Brenda CossmanIndex

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Book SynopsisHouse Rules takes a hard look at the law and norms governing family life, compelling readers to rethink entrenched inequalities in familial relationships and proposing ways to approach legislative solutions.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Erez Aloni and Régine TremblayPart 1: Locating Norms1 The Private Lives of High-Wealth Families / Allison Anna Tait2 Identity Choices at the Intersections: The Inequality of Cross-Border Motherhood and What to Do about It / Chao-ju ChenPart 2: Law’s Norms3 Family Law as Expression: Financial Relief in the English Courts / Alison Diduck4 The Complex Interrelationships of Financial and Child-Related Issues in Post-separation Disputes: Gender Matters / Rachel TreloarPart 3: Norms’ Stickiness5 Familial Ideology, Privatization, and Care Arrangements for Children in the Family Law and Child Protection Systems / Wanda Wiegers6 Family, Gender, and the Public/Private Divide in the United Kingdom’s Human Rights Act 1998 / Nicola BarkerPart 4: Measuring Norms7 One Myth Leads to Another: From Ignorance of the Laws to the Presumption of Informed Choice among de Facto Spouses / Hélène Belleau8 “WAR” and Other Reasons People Move In Together: Analyzing Cohabitating Relationship Progressions in British Columbia / Erez Aloni and Adam Vanzella-YangPart 5: Reforming Norms9 Measuring Success of (Family) Law Reforms / Julianna Ivanyi and Régine Tremblay10 Abolishing Family Law (as We Know It) / Brenda CossmanIndex

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Book SynopsisSex, Sexuality, and the Constitution persuasively demonstrates the need to entrench protections for individual sexual autonomy within constitutional law. Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Sexual Autonomy: Sex, Childbirth, and the Constitution2 Sexual Freedom: The Right to Decide One’s Sexual Identity and the Right to Have Sex3 Rape: The Right Not to Be Forced to Have Sex4 Childbirth: The Right to Have a Child5 Abortion: The Right Not to Be Forced to Have a Child6 Sex, Childbirth, and the Government: Sexual Freedom, Freedom of Choice, and Population PolicyConclusionList of Caselaw, Legislation, and TreatiesNotes; Index

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Book SynopsisSuing for Silence exposes the phenomenon of lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence, revealing the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law and its chilling effect on public discourse including formal reports of sexual violence.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 A Civil Law Primer2 The Gender of Reputation3 Sick and Silenced4 Campus Sexual Violence5 Is Anti-SLAPP Legislation the Answer?ConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisIn A Woman's Kingdom, Michelle Lamarche Marrese explores the development of Russian noblewomen's unusual property rights. In contrast to women in Western Europe, who could not control their assets during marriage until the second half of the...Trade ReviewThis excellent book opens up the possibility of some fascinating comparisons. It illustrates, for example, how in comparison to the rest of Europe, Russia was both less bourgeois and less aristocratic.... Historians will note with interest Michelle Marrese's conclusion that female property rights were a uniquely Russian but by no means ancient phenomenon, and that they were indeed, as their advocates asserted, an important factor in enhancing the everyday freedom and life-chances of a large slice of Russian elite society.... In Professor Marrese's view, the advantages Russian noblewomen gained by control over property were far more than theoretical. They had a big impact on women's relative power, freedom and security in Russian elite society.... The place of property law within the whole Russian debate on modernization is a fascinating issue. -- Dominic Lieven * Times Literary Supplement *It is an immensely authoritative, comprehensive, and important study of value not only to Russian historians but also to all serious historians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. -- Janet Hartley * American Historical Review *This is an important book, on an under-studied subject, and it makes a very valuable contribution to our knowledge of Russian women's history. -- Linda Edmondson, University of Birmingham * SEER *Marrese has carefully constructed her argument on an extraordinarily wide source base drawing from Moscow and four provincial archives: Vladimir, Kashin, Tambov, and Kursk. She has made judicial use of notarial records, records of the sale and purchase of serfs and estates, wills, dowries, deeds of separation, and petitions for divorce, along with memoirs and contemporary literature. It is difficult to find any flaw in her meticulous research.... Marrese places her argument in two significant broader contexts, that of Imperial Russian culture generally and women's property rights in Europe. -- Karen L. Taylor, Washington D.C. * H-Russia *This pathbreaking analysis of noblewomen's control of property in Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries uses an astounding range of regional and national archival sources to examine inheritance law, testamentary behavior,... and legal petitions and suits.... This book should be required reading for scholars and students in European history, women's history, women's studies and Russian history. Summing Up: Essential. * Choice *This study of noblewomen's control of property in Russia is an example of women's history at its best. It provides both a... study of Russian noblewomen's economic activity, thereby overcoming the tendency of many historians to ignore or make invisible women's role in this area, and it has important implications for the study of the Russian nobility as a whole. It is, thus, more than a corrective history of the 'marginal': rather it demands a rethinking of a whole noble culture of property, including attitudes of the Russian nobility to inheritance, to investment strategies, to the legal process, to the state, to corporate privileges for the nobility, and to a growing sense of individualism versus claims of the clan. -- Brenda Meehan, University of Rochester * Slavic Review *

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Book SynopsisIt cautions against framing debates over sexual material narrowly in terms of harm to children while highlighting the dangers of surrendering discourse about sexuality to the commercial realm.Trade ReviewWhat constitutes obscenity is a contentious issue, and Wheeler makes it clear that historically, it has been dangerous ground for feminists... Her analysis is convincing. Choice 2005 Wheeler's account of the anti-obscenity campaign illuminates the importance of gender to that history; she seamlessly explores the movement as it shifted from the local to the national level; and she meticulously recounts the day-to-day struggles women faced. Along the way, she draws on an impressive list of archival sources to reconstruct women's involvement in the campaign, provides a detailed account of the victories and hardships women experienced as they attempted to shape the... anti-obscenity movement, and offers a thoughtful and well-argued addition to a growing number of studies about women activists and how their concerns for mothers and children shaped public policy. American Historical Review 2005 Tells the complicated and compelling story of women's meteoric rise to prominence in competing branches of the anti-obscenity movement prior to and immediately following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, and their arguably more rapid exit from the scene during the late 1920s and early 1930s... A superbly written book. -- Heather Lee Miller Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 2005 A welcome addition to the growing historiography of obscenity and censorship. In its solid research, Wheeler's book is [also] an important addition to the historiography of grassroots struggles over free speech and other rights in twentieth-century America. Journal of American History In this important book, Leigh Ann Wheeler examines a little-discussed corner of popular culture, women's campaigns to regulate 'obscenity' in the late 1800[s] and early 1900s. Those interested in issues of obscenity and the development of the concept of free speech in the United States will find Wheeler's work compelling. -- Lisa K. Boehm Journal of Popular Culture Wheeler has uncovered a fascinating chapter in the story of women's perennial attempts to protect children and vulnerable young women from the dangers of commercial vice. Her study considers several of these dangers, such as prostitution and burlesque shows, but focuses above all on the new medium of film. -- Cynthia Eagle Russett H-Net Book Review/H-SHGAPE Deftly illuminates the 'possibilities in our past' while addressing the complex struggles of women and citizens in more recent times. -- Hiroshi Kitamura American Quarterly 2006 The study gives a very good sense of the anti-obscenity reform activity and concern in the period under study. -- Encarna Trinidad Journal of American Studies 2006 This is a very good book about an important topic. -- Rebecca J. Mead Journal of Social History 2007 Wheeler's impressively researched study is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of anti-obscenity reform and women's activism in general. -- Christine Erickson American StudiesTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Crossing the Great Divide: Women, Politics, and Anti-obscenity Reform Chapter 1. " "Protect the Innocent!": Men, Women, and Anti-obscenity Reform, 1873 - 1911 Chapter 2. Dressing Elsie: Women's Theater Reform, 1912 - 1919 Chapter 3. "Censorship Does Not Protect": Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1919 - 1922 Chapter 4. "Woman vs. Woman": The Leading Ladies of Motion Picture Reform, 1923 - 1930 Chapter 5. "We Don't Want Our Boys and Girls in a Place of That Kind": Women's Burlesque Reform, 1925 - 1934 Chapter 6. "Thinking as a Woman and of Women": Sex Education, Obscenity's Antidote, 1925 - 1934 Chapter 7. "Sinful Girls Lead": Crises in Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1932 - 1934 Chapter 8. "'Catholic Action' is Blazing a Spectacular Trail!": The Collapse of Women's Anti-obscenity Leadership, 1934 - 1935 Conclusion: Anti-obscenity Reform and Women's History List of Abbreviations Notes Notes on Sources Index

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Book SynopsisIt cautions against framing debates over sexual material narrowly in terms of harm to children while highlighting the dangers of surrendering discourse about sexuality to the commercial realm.Trade ReviewWhat constitutes obscenity is a contentious issue, and Wheeler makes it clear that historically, it has been dangerous ground for feminists... Her analysis is convincing. Choice 2005 Wheeler's account of the anti-obscenity campaign illuminates the importance of gender to that history; she seamlessly explores the movement as it shifted from the local to the national level; and she meticulously recounts the day-to-day struggles women faced. Along the way, she draws on an impressive list of archival sources to reconstruct women's involvement in the campaign, provides a detailed account of the victories and hardships women experienced as they attempted to shape the... anti-obscenity movement, and offers a thoughtful and well-argued addition to a growing number of studies about women activists and how their concerns for mothers and children shaped public policy. American Historical Review 2005 Tells the complicated and compelling story of women's meteoric rise to prominence in competing branches of the anti-obscenity movement prior to and immediately following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, and their arguably more rapid exit from the scene during the late 1920s and early 1930s... A superbly written book. -- Heather Lee Miller Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 2005 A welcome addition to the growing historiography of obscenity and censorship. In its solid research, Wheeler's book is [also] an important addition to the historiography of grassroots struggles over free speech and other rights in twentieth-century America. Journal of American History In this important book, Leigh Ann Wheeler examines a little-discussed corner of popular culture, women's campaigns to regulate 'obscenity' in the late 1800[s] and early 1900s. Those interested in issues of obscenity and the development of the concept of free speech in the United States will find Wheeler's work compelling. -- Lisa K. Boehm Journal of Popular Culture Wheeler has uncovered a fascinating chapter in the story of women's perennial attempts to protect children and vulnerable young women from the dangers of commercial vice. Her study considers several of these dangers, such as prostitution and burlesque shows, but focuses above all on the new medium of film. -- Cynthia Eagle Russett H-Net Book Review/H-SHGAPE Deftly illuminates the 'possibilities in our past' while addressing the complex struggles of women and citizens in more recent times. -- Hiroshi Kitamura American Quarterly 2006 The study gives a very good sense of the anti-obscenity reform activity and concern in the period under study. -- Encarna Trinidad Journal of American Studies 2006 This is a very good book about an important topic. -- Rebecca J. Mead Journal of Social History 2007 Wheeler's impressively researched study is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of anti-obscenity reform and women's activism in general. -- Christine Erickson American StudiesTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Crossing the Great Divide: Women, Politics, and Anti-obscenity Reform Chapter 1. " "Protect the Innocent!": Men, Women, and Anti-obscenity Reform, 1873 - 1911 Chapter 2. Dressing Elsie: Women's Theater Reform, 1912 - 1919 Chapter 3. "Censorship Does Not Protect": Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1919 - 1922 Chapter 4. "Woman vs. Woman": The Leading Ladies of Motion Picture Reform, 1923 - 1930 Chapter 5. "We Don't Want Our Boys and Girls in a Place of That Kind": Women's Burlesque Reform, 1925 - 1934 Chapter 6. "Thinking as a Woman and of Women": Sex Education, Obscenity's Antidote, 1925 - 1934 Chapter 7. "Sinful Girls Lead": Crises in Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1932 - 1934 Chapter 8. "'Catholic Action' is Blazing a Spectacular Trail!": The Collapse of Women's Anti-obscenity Leadership, 1934 - 1935 Conclusion: Anti-obscenity Reform and Women's History List of Abbreviations Notes Notes on Sources Index

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Book SynopsisWith stories from the front lines, a legal scholar journeys through distinct legal climates to understand precisely why and how the war over abortion is being fought.Drawing on her years of research in El Salvador—one of the few countries to ban abortion without exception—legal scholar Michelle Oberman explores what happens when abortion is a crime. Oberman reveals the practical challenges raised by a thriving black market in abortion drugs, as well as the legal challenges to law enforcement. She describes a system in which doctors and lawyers collaborate in order to identify and prosecute those suspected of abortion-related crimes, and the troubling results of such collaboration: mistaken diagnoses, selective enforcement, and wrongful convictions.Equipped with this understanding, Oberman turns her attention to the United States, where the battle over abortion is fought almost exclusively in legislatures and courtrooms. Beginning in Oklahoma, one of t

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Alicia Peter's ethnography provides the most lucid analysis of the immensely contested operations of human trafficking response that I have ever read. It illuminates how cultural beliefs and values about gender, sexuality, and victimization have fractured the interpretation and implementation of the law in different sites." * Sealing Cheng, author of On the Move for Love: Migrant Entertainers and the U.S. Military in South Korea *"Responding to Human Trafficking is an important contribution to the literature on human trafficking. Alicia W. Peters successfully takes us inside the maze of the anti-trafficking regime, illustrating conflicts in priorities, challenges in advocacy work, and the continued need to design a victim-centered system." * Rhacel Parrenas, University of Southern California *"Alicia W. Peters illustrates the ways in which ideology is incorporated into U.S. anti-trafficking law. With unprecedented access to service providers working with victims of trafficking in New York City, federal officials, and a number of victims, Peters suggests how to utilize survivors' stories to frame future research and how to use their voices in the policy debates." * Elzbieta Gozdziak, Georgetown University *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface Introduction PART I. TRAFFICKING ON THE BOOKS Chapter 1. A Dichotomy Emerges PART II. THINKING, ENVISIONING, AND INTERPRETING TRAFFICKING Chapter 2. The Experts Make Sense of the Law Chapter 3. "Things That Involve Sex Are Just Different" Chapter 4. Defining Trafficking Through Survivor Experience PART III. THE LAW IN ACTION Chapter 5. Intersections on the Ground Chapter 6. Moving the Antitrafficking Response Forward APPENDICES A. Data Archiving Requirements and Threats to Confidentiality B. Interviewees Quoted in the Text Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisExamines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality.Trade Review"At a troubling time in history when a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has called into question the constitutional protection of womens health and equality, this book comes none too soon. The Reproductive Rights Reader gives us a uniquely comprehensive and useful collection of the major court decisions, legal briefs and scholarly commentaries on the searing debates about reproductive politics in US public discourse over the past 40 years. And it does so not only through the lenses of the law, science and public health but also with a clear focus on the critical dimensions of gender, race, class, sexuality, poverty, social exclusion and social justice. It is an absolutely indispensable resource." -- Rosalind P. Petchesky,author of Abortion and Womans Choice"Powerful and provocative, The Reproductive Rights Reader explodes the stale debate over the constitutional legitimacy of Roe v. Wade by bringing critical perspectives of race, gender and class to the question of womens control over their reproductive lives. Taking seriously issues of substantive equality, this volume is essential reading for all those interested in human rights and social justice." -- Nancy Northup,President, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School"This type of anthology bridges the sciences and humanities and narrows the divide between these two broad areas of study." -- Martha Chamallas,Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University"The Reproductive Rights Reader offers a thoughtful, powerful, and provocative examination of fundamental questions, philosophies, and attitudes that inform and shape our discussion of these critical health care and public policy concerns." * The Journal of Legal Medicine *"The Reproductive Rights Reader is sure to be a vital resource to anyone whos been following any and all of the many conversations that Ehrenreich brings to the forefront on reproduction policy in American society since Roe vs. Wade. . . . For those of us starved for a nuanced yet substantial exploration of the complexities of the reproductive rights in the U.S., The Reproductive Rights Reader delivers just that." * Feminist Review *Table of ContentsA Note from the Editor Introduction Part I Questioning Science: Feminist Critiques of Medical Knowledge and Practice Part II Forced Motherhood? Legal Regulation of Pregnancy Termination Part III Motherhood Denied: Legal Regulation of Conception Part IV The Disciplining of Mothers-to-Be: Legal Regulation of Behavior during Pregnancy Questions and Comments Permission Acknowledgments About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA gripping explanation of the biases that lead to the blaming of pregnant women and mothers.Are mothers truly a danger to their children's health? In 2004, a mentally disabled young woman in Utah was charged by prosecutors with murder after she declined to have a Caesarian section and subsequently delivered a stillborn child. In 2010, a pregnant woman who attempted suicide when the baby's father abandoned her was charged with murder and attempted feticide after the daughter she delivered prematurely died. These are just two of the many cases that portray mothers as the major source of health risk for their children. The American legal system is deeply shaped by unconscious risk perception that distorts core legal principles to punish mothers who fail to protect their children. In Blaming Mothers, Professor Fentiman explores how mothers became legal targets. She explains the psychological processes we use to confront tragic events and the unTrade ReviewBlaming Mothers is gripping and powerful. It is also chilling as Linda Fentiman unmasks societys penchant for shaming and punishing mostly young, poor women. She reveals subtle but profound gender and racial biases that pervade public discourse and drive prosecutors and judges to unfairly punish pregnant women and mothers. I strongly recommend this captivating book. It is beautifully written, weaving together vivid stories of womens lives and impeccable scholarship. Anyone concerned about gender, children, and poverty will have to read Blaming Mothers. -- Lawrence O. Gostin,Founding O’Neill Chair in Global Health Law, Georgetown UniversityIn Blaming Mothers, Linda Fentiman considers why mothers in the U.S. are so often regarded as hazardous to their childrens health. In such areas as breastfeeding, lead poisoning, and childhood diseases like measles, Fentiman explains the psycho-social origins of much mother blaming, contrasting it with the scientific bases of actual health risk. Blaming Mothers connects the dots across policy areas to provide a comprehensive answer to what can be done to improve childrens health when Mom is properly relocated to the sidelines. This is a wonderful book not only for those in medicine, public health, child welfare, education, and law but also for mothers and their families, that is, for everyone. -- Carol Sanger,Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law, Columbia Law SchoolProfessor Linda Fentiman offers a probing analysis of a society and its government that blames mothers for various social ills and conditions that plague American society and that intervene during pregnancy and motherhood.. Professor Fentiman carefully studies this phenomenon and exposes the undercurrents of classism and racism that correspond to it. She explains how the pernicious nature of poverty creates impacts that result in significant health harms, including higher rates of lead poisoning and asthma among low income children of color. Sadly, in those instances too, mothers are blamed--sometimes civilly and criminally, making it risky to be a poor mother in America. -- Michele Bratcher Goodwin ,Chancellor's Professor of Law, University of California, IrvineAdvanced undergraduate and graduate seminars in sociology, psychology, womens studies, and law will find it informative, stimulating of much discussion, and empowering.Blaming Mothersis...filled with an incredible amount of diverse information in the form of facts and examples, tightly interrelating the fields of law, psychology, and sociology * PsycCritiques *

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Book SynopsisSame-sex couples in both states seek to marry for a variety of interacting, overlapping, and evolving reasons that do not vary significantly by location.Trade Review"InLicense to Wed: What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples, Richman takes on the legal ramifications of marriage for same-sex and queer identifying couples in Massachusetts and California. In 2004, the Supreme Court found that same-sex couples had the right to marry. After the glow of equality wore off, lawyers and couples in California and Massachusetts were left with questions about how far their rights extended. This book looks to answer those questions." -- Kitty Drexel * Edge *"Richman fully grasps how marriage plays out differently for same-sex couples. She commences her book with an erudite history of the gay-marriage movement, capturing the community politics of assimilation and marginalization, as well as the larger societal debates, that provide the context for her subjects' motivations . . . . Her book provides essential insights about marriage that every family lawyer working with same-sex couples needs to understand to fully grasp their clients' situation and provide them effective representation." -- Frederick Hertz * California Lawyer *"Richmans study is thorough and written in an unaffected, judicious style. Her analysis demonstrates that same-sex couples who are able to marry legally often find transcendent meaning in the experience. Given that most states prohibit same-sex couples from being legally married, License to Wed adds compelling personal reasons to the legal arguments for the validity of the struggle for marriage equality." * The Gay and Lesbian Review *"This book addresses a timely and still evolving issue with directness and sensitivity while rigorously examining the legal basis for same-sex marriage." * Library Journal *"This is a carefully researched and skillfully written book which makes important contributions to the literatures on legal consciousness, law and emotion, and same-sex marriage. Richman gives us one of the first detailed descriptions of the experiences and views of same-sex couples who entered legal marriages in the U.S., and her account is both highly readable and intellectually sophisticated." -- Kathleen E. Hull,author of Same-Sex Marriage: The Cultural Politics of Love and Law"License to Wed is a wonderfully rich, deep, and surprising book that will change your understanding of why gay couples have fought so hard to marry. Others have explored the legal and political battles behind these struggles, but Richman pushes us to deeper ground, where the personal and political meanings of marriage intersect and diverge in unexpected ways. This is a masterful and original work that will require both conservatives and progressives to evaluate the marriage equality movement in new ways." -- Shannon Minter * National Center for Lesbian Rights *"Richman offers valuable insight into the relationship between the legal, the personal, and the societal. Richman contributes to the same-sex marriage literature by offering further examples of some themes already prevalent in the literature, while offering new explications of couples experiences as well." * Sex Roles *"The book is well organized and written in an engaging, non-technical manner, making it accessible to both academic audiences and well-educated general readers. A genuinely good read, Richmans timely contribution to the understanding of same-sex marriage (and marriage more generally) will appeal especially to students of legal studies, political science, and sociology." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface: Putting a Face on the Debate 1. Introduction: Situating the Meanings of Marriage 2. The Road to Same-Sex Marriage: The Beginning 3. The Rite as Right: Marriage as Material Right, Marriage as Strategy 4. Marriage as Protest: The Political Dimensions of Marital Motivation 5. Marriage as Validation: Subjects before (and after) the Law 6. Making It Personal: Marriage, Emotion, and Love inside and outside the Law 7. Conclusion: The Multiple Meanings of Marriage Appendix 1: Survey Instrument Appendix 2: Overview of Survey Findings NotesIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisOnly book to discuss the use of legal advocacy to address the issues that affect the intersex communityTrade Review"A careful, concise, and accessible analysis of legal issues that bear on the lives of those born with atypical sex anatomies, and an essential guide for those who choose gender reassignment as adults. This will be an invaluable source not only for all thosechildren and adults with intersex conditions, transsexuals, and their advocateswho have a stake in these matters, but it will also be essential reading for those in the humanities and social sciences reckoning with the harms experienced by those whose bodies transgress sex and gender norms." -- Ellen Feder,author of Family Bonds: Genealogies of Race and Gender"Greenberg has written a highly accessible book for both the general public and academia. The writing style and her clear explanation of the theory are much needed in the literature on intersexuality." -- Shu-Ju (Ada) Cheng * American Journal of Sociology *"This volume solidifies Greenbergs reputation as a thinker of uncommon clarity and, unquestionably, the leading legal scholar on intersex issues. While other scholars have exploredand sometimes exploitedintersex identities to advance theoretical propositions about gender and sexuality, Greenberg is the first to examine how the emerging intersex movement might use the law to advance its own goals. Based on her unparalleled knowledge of the nuances and internal debates among intersex advocates, Greenberg provides a richly detailed and masterful account of the legal issues affecting intersex people, enlivened by a keen appreciation of the tensions and potential conflicts between legal advocacy for intersex and transgender people." -- Shannon Minter,co-author of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Family LawTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I Gender Blending 1 Surgical and Hormonal Creation of the Binary Sex Model 2 Who Has the Right to Choose My Sex and Genitalia? Part II Gender Bending 3 Legal Reinforcement of Gender Norms 4 Can I Marry a Man, a Woman, Either, or Neither? 5 What's in a Name? 6 Where May I Live and Which Bathroom Do I Use? Part III Legal Paths to Enhancing the Lives of People with an Intersex Condition 7 Developing Strategies 8 The History and Development of the Intersex Movement 9 Conflicts among Social Justice Movements with Common Concerns 10 Legal Frameworks Conclusion Appendix: Common Intersex/DSD Conditions Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A brilliant and compassionate book. A dazzling integration of high theory and splendid story." * Sylvia A. Law, Professor Emerita NYU Law School *"Unlocks a critical piece of the puzzle that activists and scholars have called ‘subordination.’ It reveals the complex interaction of systems of privilege. Yet the analysis is compelling, personal, and completely accessible. By breaking the silence about our unwritten rules, Privilege Revealed demonstrates how to reject privilege and embrace inclusion in a way that lights our passage toward the end of the tunnel." * Lisa C. Ikemoto, U.C. Davis School of Law *"Speaks with powerful understanding and empathy about privilege and subordination. In these times of backlash, when our politicians speak only in words that divide us, Privilege Revealed gives us a language to help us discover our common cause in the struggle against oppression." * Charles R. Lawrence III, Professor Emeritus Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i, Manoa *"A remarkably readable and persuasive account of how problematic the status quo actually is … This book can and should be read by an audience far beyond the usual readers of books about law." * Aviam Soifer, University of Hawai‘i Richardson School of Law *"Privilege Revealed, by Stephanie M. Wildman, displays a new way of thinking about the continuing problem of racial subordination in this country … This book explores the use of a new vocabulary about privilege. Thus, Privilege Revealed is an important contribution to the effort to rethink how the U.S. describes the role of race." * Cleveland State Law Review *"The book's major achievement is to make visible the many ways in which people with certain identities benefit from their privileged positions." * Peace Review *

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, the anthology "Critical Race Feminism" presents over 40 readings on the legal status of women of colour by leading authors and scholars such as Anita Hill, Lani Guinier, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, and Angela Harris.Trade Review"This second edition is consistently good, and frequently stellar. The volume's organization showcases the fruits of vigorous constructive criticism." * Choice *"Wing's reader gives scholars access to the first collection of writings by women of color law professors about the ampersand problem—how to deal with race and gender, as well as other categories in the law. . . . An excellent resource." * Women & Politics *

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Book Synopsis"Sex Without Consent" explores the experience, prosecution and meaning of rape in American history from the time of the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the present.Trade ReviewThe book provides some very interesting examples of early legal standards for prosecuting rape charges and charges of child sexual abuse in the United States. * Archives of Sexual Behavior *Needed historical perspective . . . thorough documentation . . . excellent. * Library Journal *Merril Smith's edited volume provides numerous articles that will be of great worth to the historical and feminist communities. The range or articles in this volume goes beyond the usual "hotspots" while still allowing for important comparisons. * Journal of Social History *

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Book SynopsisSetting forth a politic that goes beyond the quest for the legal inclusion of trans populations, this revised and expanded edition of Normal Life is an urgent call for justice and trans liberation, and the radical transformations it will require.Trade Review"With Normal Life, Spade has succeeded in reframing the terms of LGBT politics by building a far-reaching vision for queer and trans politics that is rooted in community work that has already begun. . . . [It] lay[s] out a road map for queer and trans activists that leads neither to the altar nor to war, but guides us to resist state power by building community and returning to our radical roots." -- Wendy Elisheva Somerson * Bitch *"Dean Spade’s much-anticipated book is a rich tapestry of critical inquiry, interventions into legal and transgender studies, and strategies for transformative resistance. . . . The strength of Normal Life lies in Spade’s commitment to accessibility as a matter of political and ethical principle. This principle is evident in the way Spade skillfully articulates theoretical concepts in common parlance, enabling critical trans politics to inform political struggles beyond the academy. Moreover, his concrete discussions of administrative governance and transformative political interventions position radical change within our reach rather than demarcate it to the realm of speculative futures." -- Dan Irving * GLQ *"[Normal Life] makes an important contribution to a new and emerging critical trans politic. It is provocative, comprehensive, and engaging. It should be widely discussed as an important strategic framework for work within the LGBTQ movement." -- Jennifer Levi and Giovanna Shay * Women's Review of Books *"Spade's book is personal, practical, and theoretical. It lays out a framework for a critical trans politics, and gives fresh analyses of immigration, legal reform, wealth distribution, and lesbian and gay politics—all buoyantly and optimistically aimed at a repaired world." -- Kate Clinton * Progressive *"[Spade] provides an eminently teachable text for courses on power in society, social movements, and community organizing—in the university, and outside. . . .We will have to take Spade's proposals very seriously to build a movement centered on those most affected by administrative violence." -- Marcia Ochoa * Social Justice *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Rights, Movements, and Critical Trans Politics 1 1. Trans Law and Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape 21 2. What's Wrong with Rights 38 3. Rethinking Transphobia and Power—Beyond a Rights Framework 50 4. Administering Gender 73 5. Law Reform and Movement Building 94 Conclusion: "This Is a Protest, Not a Parade" 117 Afterword 139 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 167 Index 207

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Book SynopsisSetting forth a politic that goes beyond the quest for the legal inclusion of trans populations, this revised and expanded edition of Normal Life is an urgent call for justice and trans liberation, and the radical transformations it will require.Trade Review"With Normal Life, Spade has succeeded in reframing the terms of LGBT politics by building a far-reaching vision for queer and trans politics that is rooted in community work that has already begun. . . . [It] lay[s] out a road map for queer and trans activists that leads neither to the altar nor to war, but guides us to resist state power by building community and returning to our radical roots." -- Wendy Elisheva Somerson * Bitch *"Dean Spade’s much-anticipated book is a rich tapestry of critical inquiry, interventions into legal and transgender studies, and strategies for transformative resistance. . . . The strength of Normal Life lies in Spade’s commitment to accessibility as a matter of political and ethical principle. This principle is evident in the way Spade skillfully articulates theoretical concepts in common parlance, enabling critical trans politics to inform political struggles beyond the academy. Moreover, his concrete discussions of administrative governance and transformative political interventions position radical change within our reach rather than demarcate it to the realm of speculative futures." -- Dan Irving * GLQ *"[Normal Life] makes an important contribution to a new and emerging critical trans politic. It is provocative, comprehensive, and engaging. It should be widely discussed as an important strategic framework for work within the LGBTQ movement." -- Jennifer Levi and Giovanna Shay * Women's Review of Books *"Spade's book is personal, practical, and theoretical. It lays out a framework for a critical trans politics, and gives fresh analyses of immigration, legal reform, wealth distribution, and lesbian and gay politics—all buoyantly and optimistically aimed at a repaired world." -- Kate Clinton * Progressive *"[Spade] provides an eminently teachable text for courses on power in society, social movements, and community organizing—in the university, and outside. . . .We will have to take Spade's proposals very seriously to build a movement centered on those most affected by administrative violence." -- Marcia Ochoa * Social Justice *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Rights, Movements, and Critical Trans Politics 1 1. Trans Law and Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape 21 2. What's Wrong with Rights 38 3. Rethinking Transphobia and Power—Beyond a Rights Framework 50 4. Administering Gender 73 5. Law Reform and Movement Building 94 Conclusion: "This Is a Protest, Not a Parade" 117 Afterword 139 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 167 Index 207

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Book SynopsisIf justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition? Today, the idea of gender equality, inherent to contemporary conceptions of justice, presents a challenge to established, patriarchal interpretations of Shari‘a. In thought-provoking discussions with six influential Muslim intellectuals - Abdullahi An-Na’im, Amina Wadud, Asma Lamrabet, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Mohsen Kadivar and Sedigheh Vasmaghi - Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores how egalitarian gender laws might be constructed from within the Islamic legal framework.Trade Review‘Makes leading Muslim reformists’ works and arguments about gender and women’s rights accessible to a wider readership… Besides being an obvious choice for a textbook in Islam and Gender courses, Mir-Hosseini’s latest work will resonate with any readers seeking to reconcile notions like gender equality and women’s rights with outdated, patriarchal interpretations of Islam.’ * The New Arab *‘Ziba Mir-Hosseini offers us an insightful and illuminating meditation on the struggle for justice for women in Islam in recent decades. Essential reading on the subject, her book will surely become a classic.’ -- Leila Ahmed, Victor S. Thomas Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard University‘Among today’s most innovative and influential Islamic thinkers, Ziba Mir-Hosseini has worked for decades to promote gender equality in Muslim family law. The fascinating and engaging dialogues in this volume…reflect her twin commitments to conceptual precision and real-world transformation.’ * Kecia Ali, Professor of Religion, Boston University *‘Long one of our age’s most gifted scholars on Islam, gender, and equality, Ziba Mir-Hosseini has written a new book that takes readers through a conversational journey about gender equality with six leading Muslim intellectuals. Both deeply personal and scholarly, the journey’s narratives offer state-of-the-field commentaries on not just gender equality but Shari‘a law and Muslim ethics in our late-modern age. The result is one of the most important and enjoyable books on Islam and gender that I have ever read.’ * Robert W. Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and Global Affairs, Boston University *‘At once personal and scholarly, diverse yet focused on particular issues, presenting both spiritual and intellectual journeys, this work represents an original way of broaching the ever-elusive subject of gender in Islam.’ * Omaima Abou-Bakr, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cairo University *

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Book SynopsisThis introductory volume examines the relationship between same-sex legal issues, public opinion, and legislation since the late 1800s and explores the ways in which the American legal system has advanced -- and hindered -- the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1983, Prejudice and Pride chronicles legal and social discrimination against gay people living in Britain in 1980s. The book alerts its readers to the ways in which gay men and women were treated in our society and how discrimination in each area can be tackled. The book speaks to us all, providing a blueprint for action through the 1980s. While things today might be better, the book is a reminder that the struggle for equal rights was and will continue to be long and cumbersome. The book acknowledges the action and support of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and will be of interest to students of history, sociology, law, gender studies and sexuality studies.

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Book SynopsisThis book considers the concept of consent in different contexts with the aim of exploring the nuances of what consent means to different people and in different situations. While it is generally agreed that consent is a fluid concept, legal and social attempts to explain its meaning often centre on overly simplistic, narrow and binary definitions, viewing consent as something that occurs at a specific point in time.This book examines the nuances of consent and how it is enacted and re-enacted in different settings (including online spaces) and across time. Consent is most often connected to the idea of sexual assault and is often viewed as a straight-forward concept and one that can be easily explained. Yet there is confusion among the public, as well as among academics and professionals as to what consent truly is and even the degree to which individuals conceptualise and act on their own ideas about consent within their own lives.Topics covered include: consent in dTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: Cultural Representations of Consent; 1. The Whiteness of Consent; 2. Literatures of Consent; 3. SM, the law & an opaque sexual consent narrative; 4. What’s in a Name (or Even Pronoun)?; Part II: Shifting Meanings of Consent; 5. “What do I Call This?”: The Role of Consent in LGBTQA+ Sexual Practices and Victimization Experiences; 6. How Drunk is “Too Drunk” to Consent? A Summary of Research on Alcohol Intoxication and Sexual Consent; 7. Two Wrongs Make it Right: Perceptions of Intoxicated Consent; 8. An Approach to Developing Shared Understandings of Consent with Young People; Part III: Women's Bodies and the Narrative of Consent; 9. The Right to Withdraw Consent to Continuing an Unwanted Pregnancy; 10. Unlearning Agreement: Imagining the Law without Consent; 11. Consent work: Facilitating Informed Consent in Labour and Childbirth; 12. Consent and Work: A Postfeminist Analysis of Women’s Acquiescence to long working hours; Part IV: Consent in a Digital World; 13. Consent isn’t just a girl’s thing: consent and image based sexual abuse; 14. Negotiating consent in online kinky spaces; 15. Molka: Consent, Resistance, and the Spy-Cam Epidemic in South Korea; 16. Negotiating power, pleasure and agency in online sex work: Unpacking what “consent” means in the context of “camming”; Part V: Legal and Political Representations of Consent; 17. Sex games gone wrong: Consent in the Courts; 18. The mediation of school-based consent education debates in Australia; 19. Sex work politics and consent: The consequences of sexual morality; 20. Victim and Perpetrator: reflecting upon sexual consent, autism and/or learning difficulties; 21. Whose Consent?: Donor Conception, Anonymity and Rights

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the structural harm of borders and non-citizenship, specifically temporary non-citizenship, in the perpetuation of domestic and family violence (DFV). It focuses on the stories and situations of over 300 women in Australia. The analysis foregrounds how the state and the migration system both sustain and enable violence against women. In doing so this book demonstrates how structural violence is an insidious component of gendered violence limiting and curtailing women's safety. The Borders of Violence advances contemporary research on DFV by considering the role of the state and the migration system. It bridges different fields of scholarship to interrogate our knowledge about DFV and its impacts and improve our critical accounts of gender, structural violence and borders. It illuminates the ways in which temporary non-citizens are often silenced and/or their experiences are obfuscated by state processes, policies and practices, which are weapon

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Book SynopsisThis book places the intimate experience of fertility control at the heart of political and social approaches toward women's bodies.Across the globe, women have always controlled their fertility through intimate efforts ultimately tied to larger political processes and gendered power dynamics. Women's biological reproductive capabilities have been contested sites of power struggles, shaping the formation, rule, and dissolution of political regimes throughout history. Yet these intersections between the intimate and the political remain understudied in the historical literature. This book explores these questions from the perspective of multiple time periods, geographic locations, actors, and methods. Chapters analyze how women's individual practices of fertility control, including contraception, abortion, and infanticide, alongside methods for achieving conception and birth, intersected with larger political, economic, and cultural trends. Others problematize the ideas of con

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Discrimination against women: doctrine, practice, and the path forward 2. Gender-based violence as a form of discrimination 3. Intersectionality and the interconnectedness of discrimination: the case of indigenous women 4. Sexual orientation and gender identity 5. Women and times of emergency: the case of COVID-19 6. Due diligence in the contemporary world: the era of MeToo, non-state actors, and social protest 7. The challenging road to equality and the pursuit of non-discrimination 8. Sexual and reproductive rights: a gender equality and international law approach 9. Economic, social, and cultural rights of women 10. Women, the environment, and climate change 11. Women and the regional human rights protection systems 12. Women, culture, and religion 13. The human rights of women in the digital world Index

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