Law, vulnerability, and the responsive state : beyond equality and liberty / edited by Martha Albertson Fineman and Laura Spitz.

"This book considers how vulnerability theory provides the basis for a reconceptualization of the liberal ideas of autonomy, equality, and freedom. Vulnerability theory argues a 'vulnerable legal subject' should displace the 'liberal legal subject' that currently dominates l...

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Other Authors: Fineman, Martha (Editor), Spitz, Laura M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Series:Gender in law, culture, and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : understanding vulnerability / Martha Albertson Fineman
  • Restructuring the constitution for human resilience / Martha T. McCluskey
  • Vulnerability theory and access to justice : elaborating possibilities for legal system design / Andrew Pilliar
  • Toward a responsive landscape : the role of social movements in vulnerability theory / Kathryn Abrams
  • Law, public policy, and social movements to support and strengthen individual and collective interests of labor / Risa L. Lieberwitz
  • The corporation, vulnerability, and resilience / Lua Kamál Yuille
  • Market citizenship, resilience drainage, and the role of private law / Hila Keren and Ronit Donyets-Kedar
  • Housing trusts and resilient cities : hierarchy, resources, and resilience / Marc L. Roark
  • Vulnerability, resilience, and the Fair Housing Act / Xiaoqian Hu
  • The elder catch : engineering the future of caregiving / Jessica Dixon Weaver
  • Vulnerability theory and the conception of time / June Carbone and Naomi Cahn
  • A vulnerability approach to the "right to health care" : addressing epistemic vulnerability / Matthew B. Lawrence
  • Disability, vulnerability, and public health emergencies / Ani B. Satz
  • Using vulnerability theory to reconceive the relationships between native nations, the United States, and state governments / Nazune Menka and Laura Spitz.