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  • Fish Raincoats: A Woman Lawyer's Life

    The life and times of a trailblazing feminist in American law. The first female Stanford law professor was also first director of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, one of the first women to be an Assistant Attorney General of the United States, and the biographer of California’s first woman lawyer, Clara Foltz. Survivor, pioneer, leader, and fervent defender of the powerless and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women in the Crossfire

    Understanding and Ending Honor Killing

    Every year, thousands of girls and women die at the hands of blood relatives. These victims are accused of committing honor violations that bring shame upon their families: such 'transgressions' range from walking with a boy in their neighborhood to seeking to marry a man of their own choosing, to being a victim of rape. Women in the Crossfire presents a thorough examination of honor killing, an ... Read more

    $112.99 USD

  • Break Point

    Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

    by Sheri Brenden ...
    How two teenage girls in Minnesota jump-started a revolution in high school athleticsPeggy Brenden, a senior, played tennis. Toni St. Pierre, a junior, was a cross country runner and skier. All these two talented teenagers wanted was a chance to compete on their high school sports teams. But in Minnesota in 1972 the only way on the field with the boys ran through a federal court—so that was where ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Private Love, Public School

    Gay Teacher Under Fire

    Gerry Crane had hit his stride. A talented high school music teacher, he was loved by students and parents-lauded as one of the best teachers at his school. Gerry had reconciled his conservative religious upbringing with his identity as a gay man, finding an affirming spiritual home in a local church. He enjoyed a close circle of loving friends and had found the love of his life. In October 1995, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thriving in an All-Boys Club

    Female Police and Their Fight for Equality

    In 1845 women entered the career of policing, and ever since it’s been an evolving history for them. There are countless stories of women shaping this career, adding particular gifts and abilities to the profession. There are, also, countless stories of their struggles to fit in and survive in this “all-boys club.”Thriving in an All Boys Club: Female Police and Their Fight for Equality examines ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Policing the Womb

    Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood

    In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly poor women and women of color. Frequently based on unscientific claims of endangering a fetus, these laws allow ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Normal Life

    Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law

    by Dean Spade ...
    Revised and Expanded EditionWait—what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the best way to address the poverty ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Trial of Tempel Anneke

    Records of a Witchcraft Trial in Brunswick, Germany, 1663

    Edited by Peter Morton ...
    The accused was Anna Roleffes, known as Tempel Anneke. She was arrested on the charge of witchcraft in June of 1663. She was found guilty and was executed on December 30th that same year. Her trial was long and involved, with many witnesses from several towns and villages. Consisting of direct translations of the trial testimony, The Trial of Tempel Anneke portrays a large and varied cast of ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • All Our Trials

    Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence

    by Emily L Thuma ...
    Series series Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
    During the 1970s, grassroots women activists in and outside of prisons forged a radical politics against gender violence and incarceration. Emily L. Thuma traces the making of this anticarceral feminism at the intersections of struggles for racial and economic justice, prisoners’ and psychiatric patients’ rights, and gender and sexual liberation.All Our Trials explores the organizing, ideas, and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Beauty Bias

    The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law

    "It hurts to be beautiful" has been a cliche for centuries. What has been far less appreciated is how much it hurts not to be beautiful. The Beauty Bias explores our cultural preoccupation with attractiveness, the costs it imposes, and the responses it demands. Beauty may be only skin deep, but the damages associated with its absence go much deeper. Unattractive individuals are less likely to be ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • About Abortion

    Terminating Pregnancy in Twenty-First-Century America

    by Carol Sanger ...
    One of the most private decisions a woman can make, abortion is also one of the most contentious topics in American civic life. Protested at rallies and politicized in party platforms, terminating pregnancy is often characterized as a selfish decision by women who put their own interests above those of the fetus. This background of stigma and hostility has stifled women’s willingness to talk about ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Equality under the Constitution

    Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment

    The principle of equality embedded in the Declaration of Independence and reaffirmed in the Constitution does not distinguish between individuals according to their capacities or merits. It is written into these documents to ensure that each and every person enjoys equal respect and equal rights. Judith Baer maintains, however, that in fact American judicial decisions have consistently denied ... Read more

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  • Manifesting Justice

    Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights

    by Valena Beety ...
    “Just as the Black Lives Matter movement and recent protests have shown the leadership of women of color in organizing against the prison state, this book will show the leadership of women, which is too often ignored, in the innocence movement.” —Aya Gruber, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School, author of The Feminist War on CrimeThrough the lens of her work with the Innocence ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • In Your Defence

    True Stories of Life and Law

    'As thrilling as a detective novel.' The Times'Powerful, moving and often captivating.' Financial Times'A compelling read for anyone who cares about fairness, justice and humanity.' ObserverThe Sunday Times bestseller___Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the vulnerable, the heartbroken and the hopeful. She must become their voi... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Under the Bus

    How Working Women Are Being Run Over

    “Did you think you knew the facts about women and work? Think again . . . a terrific book . . . utterly gripping.” —Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So PoorFor women in professional and corporate jobs, much of the discrimination and inequity faced in the past has been confronted—and at least to some extent, conquered. But the fact is that we have a two-tiered system, where some working women have ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tainted Witness

    Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives

    by Leigh Gilmore ...
    Series series Gender and Culture Series
    In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed by conservatives and Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The tainting of Hill and her testimony is part of a larger social history in which women find themselves caught up in a system that ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Privacy at the Margins

    Limited legal protections for privacy leave minority communities vulnerable to concrete injuries and violence when their information is exposed. In Privacy at the Margins, Scott Skinner-Thompson highlights why privacy is of acute importance for marginalized groups. He explains how privacy can serve as a form of expressive resistance to government and corporate surveillance regimes - furthering ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Way Women Are

    Transformative Opinions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Edited by Cathy Cambron ...
    United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime challenging notions about "the way women are" and, in the process, has become a cultural icon as well as a profoundly influential jurist. This collection of some of her most significant opinions and dissents illuminates the intellect, humor, and toughness that have made the "Notorious R.B.G." a hero to many. Included are ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Transgender Rights

    "Transgender Rights packs a surprising amount of information into a small space. Offering spare, tightly executed essays, this slim volume nonetheless succeeds in creating a spectacular, well-researched compendium of the transgender movement." -Law Library JournalOver the past three decades, the transgender movement has gained visibility and achieved significant victories. Discrimination has been ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Crow After Roe

    How "Separate But Equal" Has Become the New Standard In Womens Health And How We Can Change That

    2013 will mark the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one of the most divisive rulings ever to shape American politics. In recent years, attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade have reached a fevered pitch. Since 2010 hundreds of bills banning or creating roadblocks to abortion access, contraception, and basic women’s health have been proposed across the United States, with nearly one hundred new laws ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Gay Priori

    A Queer Critical Legal Studies Approach to Law Reform

    by Libby Adler ...
    Libby Adler offers a comprehensive critique of the mainstream LGBT legal agenda in the United States, showing how LGBT equal rights discourse drives legal advocates toward a narrow array of reform objectives that do little to help the lives of the most marginalized members of the LGBT community. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Sex Is as Sex Does

    Governing Transgender Identity

    ***Winner, Sexuality and Politics Book Award - American Political Science AssociationFinalist, PROSE Award - Government and Politics*What the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power, regulations, and the law**Every government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Managing Rental Housing

    A Complete Reference Guide from the California Apartment Association

    Beneficial for both novices and experienced professionals, Managing Rental Housing provides practical information needed to operate your rental property efficiently, ethically, and profitably in California. Turn to Managing Rental Housing for help to successfully handle the creation, maintenance, and ending of a tenancy. This text is a key first reference when you encounter a new issue and don’t ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Women before the court

    Law and patriarchy in the Anglo-American world, 1600–1800

    Series series Gender in History
    This book offers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women’s legal rights during a formative period of Anglo–American history. It traces how colonists transplanted English legal institutions to America, examines the remarkable depth of women’s legal knowledge and shows how the law increasingly undermined patriarchal relationships between parents and children, masters and servants, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD