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The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought Ser.: Constitutional Context : Women and Rights Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America by Kathleen S. Sullivan (2007, Hardcover)

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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801885523

ISBN-139780801885525

eBay Product ID (ePID)57191291

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

Publication NameConstitutional Context : Women and Rights Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America

LanguageEnglish

SubjectWomen, United States / 19th Century, Linguistics / Semantics, Civil Rights, Constitutions, American Government / General, Gender & the Law

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

AuthorKathleen S. Sullivan

SeriesThe Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-020808

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"An interesting perspective and one well worth discussing with students. I have found this work to be enormously instructive while teaching." -- Lauren Bowen, Law and Politics Book Review, ""An interesting perspective and one well worth discussing with students. I have found this work to be enormously instructive while teaching."", An interesting perspective and one well worth discussing with students. I have found this work to be enormously instructive while teaching.

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal346.7301/34

Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Context in the Constitutional Order Part I: The Rise of Rights 1. Codification of the Common Law Considered2. Abstracting Rights3. The Married Women's Property Acts: Death Blow to Coverture? Part II: Lingering Status 4. The Married Women's Property Acts: Collaborating for Coverture5. The Domesticity of the Domestic Relations6. Common Law LostConclusionNotesIndex

SynopsisWhile the United States was founded on abstract principles of certain "unalienable rights," its legal traditions are based in British common law, a fact long decried by progressive reformers. Common law, the complaint goes, ignores abstract rights principles in favor of tradition, effectively denying equality to large segments of the ......, While the United States was founded on abstract principles of certain "unalienable rights," its legal traditions are based in British common law, a fact long decried by progressive reformers. Common law, the complaint goes, ignores abstract rights principles in favor of tradition, effectively denying equality to large segments of the population. The nineteenth-century women's rights movement embraced this argument, claiming that common law rules of property and married women's status were at odds with the nation's commitment to equality. Conventional wisdom suggests that this tactic helped pave the way for voting rights and better jobs. In Constitutional Context, Kathleen S. Sullivan presents a fresh perspective.In revisiting the era's congressional debates, state legislation, judicial opinions, news accounts, and work of political activists, Sullivan finds that the argument for universal, abstract rights was not the only, or best, path available for social change. Rather than erecting a new paradigm of absolute rights, she argues, women's rights activists unwittingly undermined common law's ability to redress grievances, contributing heavily to the social, cultural, and political stagnation that characterizes the place of women and the movement today.A challenging and thoughtful study of what is commonly thought of as an era of progress, Constitutional Context provides the groundwork for a more comprehensive understanding and interpretation of constitutional law., While the United States was founded on abstract principles of certain "unalienable rights," its legal traditions are based in British common law, a fact long decried by progressive reformers. Common law, the complaint goes, ignores abstract rights principles in favor of tradition, effectively denying equality to large segments of the population. The nineteenth-century women's rights movement embraced this argument, claiming that common law rules of property and married women's status were at odds with the nation's commitment to equality. Conventional wisdom suggests that this tactic helped pave the way for voting rights and better jobs. In Constitutional Context, Kathleen S. Sullivan presents a fresh perspective. In revisiting the era's congressional debates, state legislation, judicial opinions, news accounts, and work of political activists, Sullivan finds that the argument for universal, abstract rights was not the only, or best, path available for social change. Rather than erecting a new paradigm of absolute rights, she argues, women's rights activists unwittingly undermined common law's ability to redress grievances, contributing heavily to the social, cultural, and political stagnation that characterizes the place of women and the movement today. A challenging and thoughtful study of what is commonly thought of as an era of progress, Constitutional Context provides the groundwork for a more comprehensive understanding and interpretation of constitutional law., A challenging and thoughtful study of what is commonly thought of as an era of progress, Constitutional Context provides the groundwork for a more comprehensive understanding and interpretation of constitutional law.

LC Classification NumberKF478.S85 2007