Contemporary cases in women's rights

Contemporary Cases in Women's Rights is an introduction to the most important recent court decisions affecting women in the United States. Abortion, sexual harassment, pornography, surrogate motherhood, rape, custody rights--the legal and social questions surrounding these issues all come to life through excerpts of important U. S. Supreme Court and lower court cases. It is the only casebook on this topic geared to undergraduates and can be read on its own or used with Goldstein's more historically comprehensive casebook, The Constitutional Rights of Women .
Assuming that the reader has no previous knowledge of law, Leslie Friedman Goldstein explains the background of each case, examining the complex moral, social, and legal problems addressed by the courts. Discussion questions at the end of each case help students consider the issues. An explanation of how the Supreme Court works and the text of the U.S. Constitution are included as appendices to provide students with general background on the United States legal system

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This work increases the number of textbooks about women and the law written at a level appropriate for undergraduate students. It breaks no new ground but is characterized by a focus on privacy rights, especially as applied to abortion and to parenthood; on sex discrimination, primarily in employment; and on sexual violence and pornography. The text provides a survey of each topic. The typical chapter traces the development of the law through commentary on the line of cases that has shaped the current interpretation of constitutional law in the areas reviewed. Each section includes the text of the opinions in exemplary cases. A list of standard questions for discussion follows. One appendix includes a brief discussion of how the Supreme Court works. Undergraduate.

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