Dean Polden is pleased to announce the publication of WOMEN AND THE LAW STORIES, co-edited by Elizabeth M. Schneider, Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and Stephanie M. Wildman, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Social Justice, Santa Clara Law. Wildman also contributed a chapter to the volume and co-authored the introduction.
Published by Foundation Press in their Law Stories series, this book examines landmark cases establishing women’s legal rights. Each chapter discusses a case and examines the litigants, history, parties, strategies, and theoretical implications. Subject areas covered are common to many women and law casebooks, including history, constitutional law, reproductive freedom, the workplace, the family, and women in the legal profession, domestic violence, and rape.
Contributors to this volume include: Katherine T. Bartlett, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Patricia A. Cain, Martha Chamallas, Rhonda Copelon, Zanita E. Fenton, Rebecca Hall, Angela P. Harris, Tanya Kateri Hernández, Lisa C. Ikemoto, Sylvia A. Law, Stacy L. Leeds, Jean C. Love, Serena Mayeri, Martha Minow, Elizabeth M. Schneider, and Stephanie M. Wildman. The book can be used as a supplement to any law school course, as a text for courses in gender and law and feminist jurisprudence, and could also serve as an undergraduate or graduate textbook in women’s studies or in other interdisciplinary fields.
For further information, see the website on the book at lawscuedustage.wpengine.com/socialjustice/women-and-the-law-stories-book.cfm.
To order a copy, call: 1-800-313-9378; email: westacademic@thomsonreuters.com or visit: www.westacademic.com
