Author Description

Frug’s Women and the Law integrates cases with theoretical readings by feminists, social scientists, historians, and legal scholars. Organized around three central topics of work, family, and body, the book reflects a multiplicity of feminist stances and critiques. Highlights of the 3rd edition: • Treatment of Same-Sex Marriage Developments • Sustained treatment of perspectives and problems affecting women of color • Contemporary assessments of sexual harassment law • Expanded treatment of women and the labor market, the economics of divorce, pornography and prostitution • Federal civil rights and state tort law responses to domestic violence • Current regulation of women’s reproductive decisions and critiques of reproductive technologies