CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Equal Rights Amendment, Phyllis Schlafly

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C113
• Professor: Hillary Berk

Document Summary

04/06/2016 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) First wave of reform = woman"s movement. Using the existing constitution to seek gender equality (using a variety of strategies in the language and what has already been passed on in paper) Liberal or sameness feminism, i. e. , men and women should be treated the same. Our constitution does not provide an equal rights amendment. Us is one of 7 countries in the world that has rejected the idea of signing a no discrimination against woman act. Most people do believe that we should have an era. Within the constitution, there is the 14th amendment. 2) due process clause: requires individuals to be provided certain legal procedures due process before they are deprived of their lives (punishment for crimes), their liberty (imprisonment), or their property (taking of their land) 3) equal protection clause: no person may be denied equal protection of the law (all people must be treated equally under the law)