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Civic Virtue and the Feminine Voice in Constitutional Adjudication

dc.contributor.authorSherry, Suzanna
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-12T11:27:35Z
dc.date.available2014-06-12T11:27:35Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifier.citation72 Va. L. Rev. 543 (1986)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6459
dc.descriptionarticle published in law reviewen_US
dc.description.abstractWhat is true of women's writing is also true of women's jurisprudence. This article contends that modern men and women, in general, have distinctly different perspectives on the world and that, while the masculine vision parallels pluralist liberal theory, the feminine vision is more closely aligned with classical republican theory, represented in its various forms by Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Jefferson. A feminine jurisprudence, evident, for example, in the decisions of Justice O'Connor, might thus be quite unlike any other contemporary jurisprudence. Emergence of a feminine jurisprudence might therefore influence whether academic calls for new (or rather recycled) jurisprudential theories based upon our classical republican tradition will ultimately have little impact or will usher in a paradigm shift in moral, political, and constitutional theory.en_US
dc.format.extent1 PDF (75 pages)en_US
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dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVirginia Law Reviewen_US
dc.subject.lcshFeminist jurisprudenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshJurisprudence -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshO'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-en_US
dc.subject.lcshConstitutional law -- United Statesen_US
dc.titleCivic Virtue and the Feminine Voice in Constitutional Adjudicationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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