Gender Law:
A Guide to Selected Sources

Charlene Cain
February 2003

 

Table of Contents

• Statutory Law
• Compiled Legislative Histories
• Case Law
• Administrative Materials & Agency Publications
• Secondary Sources
  • Journals
  • Looseleaf Services
  • Nutshells
  • General Treatises & Guides
  • Other Items of Possible Interest—Feminist Information and Jurisprudence
• Web Sites of Interest

 

Gender Law Research

Selected Guide to Materials at or Available Through the LSU Law Library

Charlene Cain
February 2003

NOTICE: The purpose of this pathfinder is to assist in the identification and use of potentially relevant sources of legal information. Nothing in this document should be interpreted as legal advice. Items cited in this pathfinder can be located using the library’s catalog. Also, many of the items cited can be used electronically through LEXIS, WESTLAW, and the Internet.

Statutory Law

United States Code
2^nd Floor Federal Material

West

United States Code
USC database

United States Code Annotated
USCA database
2^nd Floor Federal Material
4^th Floor Research Collection

Lexis

United States Code Service
USCS file
2^nd Floor Federal Material

Equal Protection Clause, 14^th Amendment, United States Constitution
United States Constitution (current annotated edition with supplements)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html
Print version located in the Law Library Reserve Reading Room, KF 4527 .K55

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (women’s suffrage)
United States Constitution (current annotated edition with supplements)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html
Print version located in the Law Library Reserve Reading Room, KF 4527 .K55

Selected List of Statutes

Equal Pay Act (1963) (PL 88-38)
Reproduced electronically at http://www.eeoc.gov/la ws/epa.html
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/29/206.html

Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
United States Constitution (current annotated edition with supplements)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html
Print version located in the Law Library Reserve Reading Room, KF 4527 .K55

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (PL 90-321, as amended by Pub. L. 93-495, and Pub. L. 94-239)
Reproduced electronically at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/1691.html

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (PL 88-352), as amended by The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-166), 42 USC 2000(e)
Reproduced electronically at
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/vii.html
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch21.html

Findlaw, United States Code sections related to discrimination in labor and employment
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/27labor/gov_laws.html

Compiled Legislative Histories

Celada, Raymond J. Equal Employment Opportunity: Legislative History And Analysis Of Title VII Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964. [Washington, DC]: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, [1965]
Documents Dept. Microform JK1108 .M34 1916-74 REEL 1

Downing, Paul M. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972: Legislative History. [Washington, DC]: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, [1975].
Documents Dept. Microform KF42.2 1997 Hein no. 134

Randall, Susan Louise. A Legislative History Of The Equal Rights Amendment, 1923-1960. University of Utah, 1979.
KF 4758 .R36

United States. Department of Labor. Office of the Solicitor. Legislative History of the Equal Pay Act Of 1963, Amending Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, As Amended, Public Law 8838, 88th Congress, H. R. 6060 And S. 1409. Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session. Washington, DC: U S GPO, 1963.
Y 4.Ed 8/1: L 11/12/963
Documents Dept. Microform KF 42.2 1997 HEIN NO.093

United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Legislative History of Titles VII And XI of Civil Rights Act of 1964. Washington, DC: United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, [1968]
Y 3.Eq 2: 2 C 49/2
Also located in Documents Department Microform KF 42.2 1997 Hein no. 096

See also

CCH’s Public Laws & Legislative Histories
Microform
Covers 1984-1997
Arranged by Public Law number
4^th Floor, Documents Dept., Range 31B

CIS/Index to Congressional Publications and Legislative Histories.
Covers 1970 -1988
Arranged by Public Law number
Documents Dept. Index Table

Thomas

The Library of Congress’ web site on legislative information
Contains the full text of

Bills (101^st Congress forward)
Public Laws (93^rd Congress forward)
Reports (104^th Congress forward)
Congressional Record (101^st Congress forward)
House Committee Hearing Transcripts (105^th Congress forward)
http://thomas.loc.gov

Case Law

Digest

West's Federal Practice Digest
2^nd Floor Federal Materials

Suggested topic and key numbers for use with Federal Practice Digest

Constitutional Law

• 92XI Equal Protection of Laws
• 92k224 Sex Discrimination
• 92k224(2) k. Particular Discriminatory Practices.
• 92k208(3) k. Discrimination Against Particular Classes of Persons in General.
• 92k41 Persons Entitled to Raise Constitutional Questions
• 92k42.2 Particular Questions or Grounds of Attack
• 92k42.2(2) k. Denial of Equal Protection; Discrimination.

Reporters

CCH Employment Practices Decisions
KF 3464 .A513

BNA Fair Employment Practice Cases
4^TH Floor Sp.R. B899Lrf (after Regional Reporters)

LEXIS
Title	File
Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Work Place	LJSXDH
ALI-ABA Course of Study - Employee Discrimination and Civil Rights	ERCCLE
Larson on Employment Discrimination	EMPDIS
WESTLAW
Title	Databases
Civil Rights
Civil Rights—Law Reviews, Texts, and Bar Journals	CIV-TP
Federal Civil Rights Cases	FCIV-CS
Multi-state Civil Rights—Cases	MCIV-CS
Federal Civil Rights—USCA	FCIV-USCA
Federal Civil Rights—Code of Federal Regulations	FCIV-CFR
Federal Civil Rights—Federal Register	FCIV-FR
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Multi-base	FLB-EEOC-ALL
Manual on Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Actions in the Federal Courts	MEDCRA
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment, Federal Databases, combined	FLB-ALL
Federal Labor & Employment Code and Regulations	FLB-CODREG
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board Decisions	FLB-ECAB
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Decisions	FLB-EEOC)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Enforcement Guidance & Related Documents	FLB-EEOCGUID
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Management Directives	FLB-EEOCMD

 

Administrative Materials & Agency Publications

Federal

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC Guidances and Other Documents
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/guidance.html

Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html

EEOC Compliance Manual
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/compliance.html

Laws Enforced by the EEOC
http://www.eeoc.gov/epa/index.html

Statistics from the EEOC
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/index.html

Equal Pay and Compensation Discrimination
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html

Facts about Pregnancy Discrimination
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html

Facts about Sexual Harassment
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html

Regulations

See Law Library guide, Finding Your Way through the Federal Regulatory Maze

Federal Register
2^nd Floor Federal Material
4^th Floor Government Documents
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Code of Federal Regulations
2^nd Floor Federal Material
4^th Floor Government Documents
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

For updates on federal regulatory activity, see also Looseleaf Services cited under Secondary Sources.

Secondary Sources

See the Law Library Quick Guide, Searching the Online Catalog, for search strategies.

Suggested subject headings for use in the Online Catalog
(http://lsulaw.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/webcat )

Sex discrimination—law and legislation
Women—legal status, laws, etc.

Journals

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
K 3 .O348
Acad. Universe: 1998- http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy
K 4 .U397
http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law
K7 .E545

Harvard Women's Law Journal
K 8.A78
http://heinonline.org/HeinContent/CollectionIndex.php3?journal=hwlj

Hastings Women's Law Journal
K 8 .A89
http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/CollectionIndex.pl? journal=haswo

Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
K 12 .A916
Acad. Universe:1993- http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Law & Sexuality (Tulane)
KF 4574.5 .A15 L38
http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/CollectionIndex.pl?journal=lsex

Michigan Journal of Gender and the Law
K13 .I28 Hein-On-Line
http://heinonline.org/HeinContent/CollectionIndex.php3?journal=mjgl

Southern California Review of Law and Women's studies
K 23 .O765
http://heinonline.org/HeinContent/CollectionIndex.php3?journal=scws

Texas Journal of Women and the Law
K 24 .E9
http://heinonline.org/HeinContent/CollectionIndex.php3?journal=tjwl

UCLA Women's Law Journal
K 25 .C57
Acad. Universe: 1991- http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law
K 27 .I44
Acad. Universe: 1994- http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Wisconsin Women's Law Journal
K 27 .I84
Acad. Universe: 1995- http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Yale Journal of Law & Feminism
K 29 .A365
Acad. Universe: 1995- http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Looseleaf Services

Commerce Clearing House. EEOC Compliance Manual. New York, NY: CCH, 1975
Reserve KF 3464.A6 C66

Larson, Arthur, and Lex K. Larson. Employment Discrimination. 2d ed. New York, NY: M. Bender, 1975
Reserve KF 3464 .L37

Richey, Charles R. Manual On Employment Discrimination Law And Civil Rights Actions In The Federal Courts. 2d ed. Eagan, MN : West Group, 1998
Reserve KF 3463 .R532 v.1-2

Nutshells

Player, Mack A. Federal Law of Employment Discrimination in a Nutshell. 4th ed. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1999.
Circulation Desk KF3464.Z9 P55 1999

Thomas, Claire S. Sex Discrimination in a Nutshell. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1991.
Circulation Desk KF 4758 .Z9 T48 1991

General Treatises & Guides

Equal Rights Amend ment Project. The Equal Rights Amendment: A Bibliographic Study. Comp. by the Equal Rights Amendment Project; Hazel Greenberg, ed. and comp. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [1976].
KF 4758.A1

Boumil, Marcia Mobilia. Law and Gender Bias. Littletown, CO : F.B. Rothman & Co., 1994.
KF 4758 .L39 1994

Davis, Timothy, Kevin R. Johnson, George A. Martinez, eds. A Reader on Race, Civil Rights, and American Law: A Multiracial Approach. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2001.
KF 4755 .R43 2001

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader. Text, Cases, And Materials on Constitutional Aspects of Sex-Based Discrimination. St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 1974.
KF 4758.A7 G56

Greenawalt, Kent. Discrimination and Reverse Discrimination. New York, NY: Knopf, 1983.
KF 4755 .G73 1983

Kirp, David L., Mark G. Yudof, and Marlene Strong Franks. Gender Justice. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
KF 4758 .K57 1986

Knoebel, Dixie K., and Marilyn McCoy Roberts. Proceedings of the National Conference on Gender Bias in the Courts [Williamsburg, VA]: The Center, 1990.
KF 8700.A75 N38 1989

Pruett, Kimberly. Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Legal Research Guide. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein, 2001.
KF 241.L38 P78 2001

United States. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Cases on Gender and Sexual Equality, 1787-2001. Christopher A. Anzalone, ed. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2002.
KF 4758.A7 A96

Other Items of Possible Interest—Feminist Information and Jurisprudence

DeCoste, F. C. Feminist Lega l Literature: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. New York, NY: Garland Pub., 1991. K 644.A12 D43 1991

Feminist Majority Foundation Online
http://www.feminist.org/

Holland, Frances Schmid. Feminist Jurisprudence: Emerging from Plato's Cave—A Research Guide. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
KF 477.A1 H65 1996

Maschke, Karen J., ed. Feminist Legal Theories. New York, NY: Garland Pub., 1997
KF 478.A5 F477 1997

Olsen, Frances, ed. Feminist Legal Theory. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1995.
K 349 .F462 1995

Schneider, Elizabeth. Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000.
KF 9322 .S36 2000

Taylor, Betty W., Sharon Rush, and Robert J. Munro. Feminist Jurisprudence, Women and the Law: Critical Essays, Research Agenda, and Bibliography . Littleton, CO: F.B. Rothman, 1999. KF 477.A1 T39 1999

Van Sickel, Robert W. Not a Particularly Different Voice: The Jurisprudence of Sandra Day O'Connor. New York : P. Lang, c1998.
KF 8745.O25 V36 1998

Weisberg, D. Kelly, ed.. Applications of Feminist Legal Theory to Women's Lives: Sex, Violence, Work, and Reproduction. Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 1996.
K 349 .A67 1996

Weisberg, D. Kelly, ed. Feminist Legal Theory. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1993
K 349 .F46 1993

Web Sites of Interest (all sites last visited 1/31/03):

The authority of these web sites cannot be ensured. Please exercise care when using them.

General Sources

American Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession
http://www.abanet.org/women/home.html

CataLaw, Women, Gender, and Law
http://www.catalaw.com/topics/Women.shtml

Findlaw’s page on misc info on gender discrimination
http://library.lp.findlaw.com/civilrightslaw_1_46_1.html

Hieros Gamos, Women and the Law
Portal to web sites useful for searching U.S. and international law related to women’s issues
http://www.hg.org/women.html

Megalaw Includes a good list of Gender Law links.
http://www.megalaw.com/top/gender.php

Open Directory Project, Gender Law Page
“Human-edited” directory of the Internet sites, including electronic law journals, gay rights pages, gays in the military, etc.
http://dmoz.org/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Gender_Law/

Sexuality, Gender, and the Law: National and International
University of Chicago Library Guide
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/sexlaw.html

Employment Discrimination

Department of Labor ELaws
Compilation of labor laws.
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/

Employment Discrimination: An Overview
Compilation of information and resources links from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment_discrimination.html

Shaping Employment Discrimination Law
Overview of the early work of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as compiled by the Commission.
http://www.eeoc.gov/35th/1965-71/shaping.html

Daubert and the Law and Science of Expert Testimony in Business Litigation Statistical Proof of Employment Discrimination
Essay by Stephen Mahl, Partner in Keeley, Hayes, Dudley, Garrett & Mahle Boca Raton, FL
http://www.daubertexpert.com/employmentDiscrimination.htm

Education

Sex Discrimination: An Overview
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 USC 1681)
Site hosted by the United States Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/sexoverview.html

Federal Regulations (34 CFR 106)
Site hosted by the United States Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/regs/34cfr106.html

Federally Assisted Programs

Department of Energy Policy on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Federally Assisted Programs (Sample of government policy related to gender discrimination) http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/others/fed-assist/disciminat.pdf

Historical Information

The Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Reproduction of the famous document authored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, by the Closeup Foundation, a nonprofit citizenship education group.
http://www.closeup.org/sentimnt.htm

National Archives Digital Classroom, Women’s Suffrage
National Archives and Records Service project to provide digital versions of historical documents for the use of teachers.
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/woman_suffrage/woman_suffrage.html

Nat'l Organization for Women (NOW), Statement of Purpose (1966)
Historic document, which was adopted at NOW's first National conference in Washington, D.C. on October 29, 1966, as reproduced on the NOW web site.
http://www.now.org/history/purpos66.html

Women’s Legal History and Biography Project
Biographies of women lawyers, from the Crown Law Library, Stanford University
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/wlhbp/

Human Rights/Gender Issues

Women’s Human Rights Resources web page. Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/

Transgender Issues

Transgender Law and Policy Institute
A list of useful links from a non-profit organization engaging in advocacy for transgender people.
http://www.transgenderlaw.org/

Women in the Military

Military and War: Women’s Roles, by History.net
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/militarywar/

NOW web page on Women and the Military
http://www.now.org/issues/military/

University of Louisville Eckstrom Library Government Publications Department
http://www.louisville.edu/library/ekstrom/govpubs/subjects/women/womenmil.html

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