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On the Margins: Examining the Intersection of Women and the Law of Mass Communication

On the Margins: Examining the Intersection of Women and the Law of Mass Communication

On the margins: Examining the intersection of women and the law of mass communication
Diane L.Borden, San Diego State University
Maria B.Marron, Central Michigan University

The law in the United States, as in other countries, is a concatenation of abstract principles, theories, precedents, types (constitutional, common, and statutory; federal and state; trial and appellate, among them), and the individual philosophies and dispositions of members of the judiciary, influenced by the political climate and social norms.

A review of the scholarly literature on feminist jurisprudence suggests that despite its fluidity, the law has been constant over time in constructing woman as “different,” as “less than,” and as living in a world where, according to Simone de ...

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