Feminism Confronts Economic Theory (1995)

FEMINISM CONFRONTS ECONOMIC THEORY

Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop

Columbia Law School

Jerome Greene Lounge - Wien Hall

February 24 and 25, 1995

Chaired by Martha Fineman

I. Providing a Framework - Friday, Feb. 24th, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Confronting Law and Economics, Socializing Science

Gwen Mathewson

Univ. Washington

Dept. of English

The Misuse of Economic Rhetoric: How Not to Attack the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine

Julianne Nelson

American Univ.

Dept. of Justice and Law

Embracing Our Sisters: What Feminist Lawyers and Feminist Economists Can Learn from One Another

Christine Jolls

Diane Rosenfeld

Harvard Law School

Commentator. Hibi Pendleton, Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay

6:30 PM Dinner at Professor Fineman's home: 15 Claremont Ave. #91

IL Economics in Public Arenas - Saturday, Feb. 25th, 10:00 AM-NOON

Telling Stories about the State and the Market: The Rhetorical Construction of Efficiency

Martha McCluskey

Columbia Univ. Law School

Taxing Homework: Breaking Down the Market/Non-Market Labor Dichotomy

Nancy Staudt

SUNY-Buffalo Law School

Taxation Narratives of Economic Gain: Putting Feminist Questions About Bodies

Judith Gribich

La Trobe Univ.

Fac. of Soc. Sciences

Commentator: Lisa Brush, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Sociology

III. Intimacy and Economics, Saturday, Feb. 25th, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Family Law and Law and Economics: One Neophyte's Five-Finger Exercise

Jane Maslow Cohen

Boston University Law School

Description and Prescription in Family Economics: Five Problems for Feminists

Ann Laquer Estin

Univ. Colorado Law School

What Happens When We Try to Model Intimacy?

Margaret Brinig

George Mason Univ. Law school

Commentator: Jennifer Gerarda Brown, Quinnipiac University, Law School