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Gender and the Law: Resources: Casebook, Study Aids, Course Reserve Books & Databases

Guide to support the spring 2025 course: Gender and the Law.

Introduction

BLS librarians are developing this guide to support Professor Liz Schneider's spring 2025 course: Gender and the Law.  Please refresh this web page each time you visit!

Re. casebook Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (c2023):

  • BLS Library has one print copy of Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (c2023) in its first floor Reserve collection (call number: KF478.A4 B37 2023).  Tip: Click here to view: "Opening Hours" for BLS Law School (250 Joralemon Street building); hours when students can check out casebooks and other materials at BLS Library's Circulation Desk; and hours when students can obtain help from reference librarians.
  • The publisher of Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (c2023) = Aspen Publishing.  Aspen Publishing created a BLS-specific purchase portal so that BLS students can obtain a 20% discount (as of Jan. 9, 2025) on orders of educator-selected Aspen course texts (current editions).  Purchase of Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (c2023) from Aspen Publishing should include immediate access to a "connected ebook."
    • Aspen explained: BLS students can purchase their course materials by searching a course number or a professor’s name, clicking on the “View Course Titles” button, and adding the corresponding products to their cart.  Tip: BLS students need to register with a BLS email address and to select "Brooklyn Law School" as their school.  In order for this discount to be applied at checkout, BLS students simply need to create an account on Aspen Publishing.com using their BLS email address, then to verify the BLS email address.  Verification is most often done at the time of creating an account but can also be done on the My Account page when logged in.  Any unverified account will see an "Email Address Not Verified" warning on the My Account page.  If you experience any issues, Aspen Publishing.com provides both “Visit Our Help Center” and “Contact Us” links (near bottom of web page).

Casebook, Study Aids, Course Reserve Books & Databases

Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (9th ed. c2023)

1 print copy of this casebook is on Reserve.

Principles of Employment Discrimination Law (2023)

1 print copy of this hornbook is on Reserve.  Includes chapter: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law in a Nutshell (3rd ed. 2023)

1 print copy of this nutshell study aid is on Reserve.

Making the Case for Equality: 50 Years of Legal Milestones in LGBTQ History (2024)

1 print copy is on Course Reserve for Prof. Liz Schneider, course: Gender and the Law.

Non-profit organization Lambda Legal reviewed its archives to create this book for its 50th anniversary. "Dozens of 'game-changing' legal cases winning and shaping the civil rights of the LGBTQ community are presented alongside a collection of curated archival material and historical images, chronicling the history and vital mission of the organization to advocate for the free and equal lives of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV."

Women and the Law Stories (2011)

Book co-written by Prof. Liz Schneider. 1 print copy is on Course Reserve for Prof. Liz Schneider, course: Gender and the Law.

Gender Justice Collection (@ Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute)

Free!  Excerpt from LII's description: "The Gender Justice Collection provides access to international, regional, and domestic case law and legislation related to promoting gender justice and ending gender-based violence."

LGBTQ+ Rights (a HeinOnline subscription database)

Excerpt from HeinOnline's description: "A collection of subject-coded materials charting the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today."  Materials are divided "into six subcollections, whose areas of focus constitute Marriage and Family, Employment Discrimination, Military Service, AIDS and Health Care, and Public Spaces and Accommodations. A separate subcollection, Historical Attitudes and Analysis, presents books, pamphlets, reports, and more from the 18th century through the mid-20th century. Content in this subcollection includes accounts of individuals criminally tried for their sexuality to attempts to find a medical cause for homosexuality."  This collection also includes "a curated list of Scholarly Articles selected by Hein editors, as well as a Bibliography."