Edward Elgar Publishing Gender in Constitutional Law: Theoretical, Historical, and Empirical Analysis (Constitutional Law series)

Product Description This accessible and incisive research review discusses a collection of formative and influential scholarship in a particularly dynamic area of legal development and social change: the role of gender within constitutional law. It features theoretical, empirical, and practical analyses from leading scholars, judges, and nongovernmental organizations around the world. The review is transnational and comparative in range and representative in scope, with particular attention paid to intersectionality, culture and custom. Written by an internationally renowned scholar, lawyer and activist, this review is an essential research tool for libraries, academic institutions, scholars and students alike. Review ‘Brilliantly introduced and orchestrated by the world’s most innovative thinker about gender and the law, Catharine A. MacKinnon, this collection of illuminating research papers on every important facet of this kaleidoscopic topic is one that any scholar or policymaker who cares about the role that law plays in structuring gender relations, and the role that gender plays in structuring the law, needs to own.’ -- Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School, US ‘Catharine A. MacKinnon, one of the world’s foremost feminist legal scholars and activists, has compiled a masterful collection of materials on gender in constitutional law across the globe. The breadth and quality of coverage makes this book essential reading for anyone interested in comparative perspectives on sex-based inequalities and legal responses.’ -- Deborah L. Rhode, Stanford Law School, US ‘This groundbreaking and carefully curated collection of work of a diverse group of leading international legal scholars puts gender in its place - at the centre of constitutional law. The book is a welcome and timely addition to constitutional law scholarship.’ -- Reg Greycar, 11th Floor St James Hall Chambers, Australia About the Author Edited by Catharine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, and long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, US. She is a lawyer, teacher, writer, and activist for sex equality