Women's legal strategies in Canada / edited by Radha Jhappan.

Other author Jhappan, Radha.
Format Book
Publication InfoToronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2002.
Descriptionix, 407 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Women--Legal status, laws, etc. --Canada.
Feminist jurisprudence--Canada.
Women's rights--Canada.
Actions and defenses--Canada.
Constitutional law--Canada.

Contents Introduction : why do law? -- Introduction : feminist adventures in law / Radha Jhappan -- Feminist movement in law : beyond privileged and privileging theory / Sheila McIntyre -- Equality strategies -- Women's (in)equality before and after the charter / Diana Majury -- Towards a democratic practice of feminist litigation? : LEAF's changing approach to Charter equality / Lise Gotell -- The equality pit or the rehabilitation of justice? / Radha Jhappan -- Race and citizenship -- Negotiating the citizenship divide: foreign domestic worker policy and legal jurisprudence / Daiva Stasiulis and Abigail B. Bakan -- Beyond the confinement of gender: locating the space of legal existence for racialized women / Joanne St. Lewis -- Family and reproduction -- Abortion litigation / Sheilah L. Martin -- Legal as political strategies in the Canadian women's movement : who's speaking? who's listening? / Susan Philips.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN080200721X (bound) :
ISBN080207667X (pbk.) :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks KE509 .W656 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold