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What's wrong with rights: problems for feminist politics of law

01 January 1991

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What's wrong with rights: problems for feminist politics of law
libdoc November=1991

Author: Kingdom Elizabeth F
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press 1991 pp. 172
Keywords: Law Women Civil liberties

Contents:

Introduction
1. Women in law
2. Sexist bias and law
3. Legal recognition of a woman's right to choose
4. Consent, coercion and consortium: the sexual politics of
sterilisation
5. Cohabitation contracts: a socialist feminist issue
6. Cohabitation rights: status, contract or dependence?
7. Birthrights: equal or special?
8. Formal declarations or rights

Appendix: the two declarations
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index

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