Feminism Confronts Economic Theory: Policy Initiatives and Economic Rhetoric (1997)

FEMINISM CONFRONTS ECONOMIC THEORY:

policy initiatives and economic rhetoric

FEMINISM AND LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP

Columbia University School of Law

Jerome Greene Lounge in Wein Hall

MARCH 14 & 15,1997

Please note that there are four (4) Sessions on this schedule. There were so many good papers that I felt I had to try to fit them all in. This means that we will start an hour earlier on Saturday and there will be a coffee break prior to Session Ill. Lunch (between Sessions III and IV) will be a half-hour shorter than usual. I think the program is worth the accommodation. WARNING: Unlike some prior Workshops, Sessions will start ON TIME.

SESSION I - FRIDAY 4 - 6:30 PM WEALTH AND WELFARE

Lynn Chancer, Barnard College, Department of Sociology

The Benefits of Pragmatic Vision or The Case for a Guaranteed Income

Regina Austin, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Nest Eggs and Stormy Weather: Law, Culture and Black Women's Lack of Wealth

Mimi Abramovitz, Hunter College School of Social Work

The Political Economy of Welfare Reform

Julie Nelson, American University, School of Public Affairs

Cutting the Strings Attached to Federal Block Grants

DINNER - 7 - 9:30 PM - MARTHA FINEMAN'S APARTMENT

SESSION II - SATURDAY 9 - 11 AM INTERGENERATIONAL ISSUES

Emily Abel, UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Health Services

Economic Language and Family Care for the Elderly

Claire Young, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law

Public Taxes, Privatizing Effects and Gender Inequality

Jane Cohen, Boston University School of Law

Intra-generational Efficiency

COFFEE BREAK -11 -11:30 AM

SESSION III - SATURDAY 11:30 - 1:30 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Elizabeth Rapaport, University of New Mexico Law School

Deterrence and Domestic Violence: A Law and Economic Analysis

Patricia Bradford, Marquette University School of Law

An Economic Analysis of Domestic Violence Reform

Dianne Martin, Osgoode Hall Law School

Rethinking Retribution: Addressing the Unintended Consequences of Criminalization Strategies

LUNCH BREAK -1:30-3 PM

SESSION IV - SATURDAY 3 - 5:00 PM ECONOMIC RHETORIC AND FEMINIST METHOD

Adelle Blackett, Columbia University Law School

Rights Discourse, Economic Rhetoric and the Social Clause Debate

Katherine Silbaugh, Boston University School of Law

Plural Meanings and the Discourse of "Commodification"

Annelise Riles, American Bar Foundation, Northwestern University Law School

Feminist Method and Unraveling the "Global Financial Markets"