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Overview""The essays in this volume confront the inroads that economics has made into the legal academy...Law and Economics uses principles of neoclassical economics to develop laws and social policies that maintain if not bolster current allocations of power.""-from the IntroductionThe Law and Economics school has had a significant impact on the legal and governmental landscape in the United States. It posits a perfectly rational ""economic man""-homo economicus-who is unconstrained by familial and communal ties and who can and should make decisions solely in light of considerations of economic value. Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus offers a major intervention in debates about how law has come under the influence of economic principles. Drawing on the latest thinking in the fields of feminist legal theory, critical legal studies, and feminist economics, the essays critique the notion that legal and policy decisions should be made solely through the lens of economics. While the contributors question the wholesale incorporation of the neoclassical economic model into legal analysis, they do not all discard economic analysis and theory.Situated at the intersection of feminism, law, and economics, Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus will appeal to scholars and students of these disciplines as well as policy analysts and social theorists interested in family, education, labor, and welfare. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martha Fineman , Terence DoughertyPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801489419ISBN 10: 0801489415 Pages: 534 Publication Date: 18 April 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe essays in this volume confront the inroads that economics has made into the legal academy.... Law and Economics uses principles of neoclassical economics to develop laws and social policies that maintain if not bolster current allocations of power. - from the Introduction Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus is an extraordinary volume that brings together a wide selection of important essays at the intersection of feminism, law, and economics. Highly diverse in its methodological and disciplinary orientations as well as in the subject matter it addresses, this book will be of immediate and enduring interest to multiple audiences. -Teemu Ruskola, American University Law School Author InformationMartha Albertson Fineman is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion at Emory University. Her many books include The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of Dependency and The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family, and Other Twentieth Century Tragedies. Terence Dougherty is an Associate with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP, concentrating in tax and exempt organizations work. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |