Beyond Comparison by Timothy Macklem
In Beyond Comparison: Sex and Discrimination Timothy Macklem addresses foundational issues in the long-running debate in legal, political and social theory about the nature of gender discrimination. He takes the highly original and controversial view that the heart of discrimination lies not in the unfavorable comparisons with the treatment and opportunities that men enjoy but rather in a denial of resources and opportunities that women need to lead successful and meaningful lives as women. Therefore, to understand what women need we must first understand what it is to be a woman. By displaying an impressive command of the feminist literature as well as intellectual rigor, this work promises to be a milestone in the debate about gender equality and will interest students and professionals in the areas of legal theory and gender studies.-
Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics
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Permissible Killing
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Risks and Wrongs
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Punishment, Compensation, and Law
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Constitutionalism
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The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law
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Consent to Sexual Relations
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Objectivity in Law and Morals
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A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review
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Norms in a Wired World
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In Harm's Way
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Judging in Good Faith
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The Path of the Law and its Influence
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Truth, Error, and Criminal Law
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Three Anarchical Fallacies
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Common Law Theory
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Natural Law and Practical Rationality
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Justification Defenses and Just Convictions
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Moral Combat
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Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence
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Philosophy and the Criminal Law
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Automatism, Insanity, and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility
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Liability and Responsibility
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The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency
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Philosophy and the Law of Torts
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The Ethics of Deference
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New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property
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Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
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Complicity
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Responsibility and Control
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Crimes against Humanity
'Macklem's Beyond Comparison is an utterly novel approach to the understanding of discrimination based on sexBeginning with a powerful example of whether a woman's naked chest means the same thing as a man's, Macklem explores the nature of sexual difference and its fundamental connections to an objective theory of value. Knowledge of what differences between men and women genuinely matter to sexual identity, Macklem contends, can help us to see when differential treatment is illegitimate disadvantage, and when it is not. Macklem's work should prove equally challenging to those who believe there are essential differences between men and women, and those who believe difference is a matter of social construction.' Leslie Francis, University of Utah
Timothy Macklem, Professor of Jurisprudence, Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London Timothy Macklem is Professor of Jurisprudence at King's College London and an Honorary Bencher at Inner Temple. He is the author of Independence of Mind (OUP, 2006) and Beyond Comparison: Sex and Discrimination (CUP, 2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521534154 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521534151 |
| Title | Beyond Comparison |
| Author | Timothy Macklem |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2003-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
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