1. Dressing historically; 2. Dressing barely; 3. Dressing sexily; 4. Dressing professionally; 5. Dressing disruptively; 6. Dressing religiously; 7. Dressing economically.
This book examines the rights to expression and equality, and the restraints on government power, as they both limit and allow control of our personal choices.
Ruthann Robson is Professor of Law and University Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York School of Law. She is the author of Sappho Goes to Law School (1998), Gay Men, Lesbians, and the Law (1996) and Lesbian (Out)Law: Survival Under the Rule of Law (1992), and the editor of International Library of Essays in Sexuality and Law (2011).
'Dressing Constitutionally is an important book on an important
subject: how the law affects how we look and what forms of
self-expression are protected. Combining thorough research and
engaging stories, Robson's account should make us rethink the role
of constitutional doctrine, and its effect on personal liberty and
social equality.' Deborah L. Rhode, E. W. McFarland Professor of
Law, Stanford University
'Dressing Constitutionally offers a dazzling and a dizzying array
of constitutional doctrine, ranging from whether students have the
right to wear arm bands as a protest against government policies to
whether criminal defendants can be required to wear leg shackles in
courts, from whether the Fourth Amendment permits strip searches
when persons are stopped for minor offences to whether the First
Amendment protects strip teases. Examining topics cutting across
personal and public life, Ruthann Robson teaches us that we are all
cloaked in the mantle of the law.' Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman
Professor of Law, Yale Law School
'The book is fantastic … Each chapter is thickly layered with
individual stories, historical moments, and case reviews. The
connections between and amongst the identified parts are
beautifully drawn. The writing is lucid and mature. The book is
Robson at her best.' Kim Brooks, Jotwell
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