Starts with a historical overview of gender difference, of women’s oppression and of ideas about women and about law. The specific topics include crime, criminality and prisons, education, paid and unpaid work, family relations, poverty and women’s economic disadvantage and violence against women. Feminist analysis and goals are emphasized. An integral concept is quadraplexation: a paradigm that highlights the effects of reproduction, production, sexuality, and socialization in women's lives. Each chapter ends with questions and ideas to think about. Rev. ed. of: Women and (in)justice (2002)