Feminist Judgments
Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions

This book analyzes estates and trusts cases through a feminist lens using some of the most popular feminist legal theories.

Deborah S. Gordon (Edited by), Browne C. Lewis (Edited by), Carla Spivack (Edited by)

9781108816953, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 September 2020

250 pages
23 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.45 kg

For women and other marginalized groups, the reality is that the laws regulating estates and trusts may not be treating them fairly. By using popular feminist legal theories as well as their own definitions of feminism, the authors of this volume present rewritten opinions from well-known estates and trust cases. Covering eleven important cases, this collection reflects the diversity in society and explores the need for greater diversity in the law. By re-examining these cases, the contributors are able to demonstrate how women's property rights, as well as the rights of other marginalized groups, have been limited by the law.

1. Introduction Deborah S. Gordon, Browne Lewis and Carla Spivack
2. In re Strittmater's Estate, 53 A.2d 205 (N.J. 1947) Commentary: Lloyd Bonfield and Bridget Crawford Judgment: Kristen K. Tiscione
3. In re Will of Moses, 227 So. 2d at 831 (Miss. 1969) Commentary: Claire May Judgment: Julia Belian
4. Estate of Wilson, 452 N.E.2d 1228 (N.Y. 1983) Commentary: Deborah S. Gordon Judgment: Camille Davidson
5. O'Neal v. Wilkes, 439 S.E.2d 490 (Ga. 1994) Commentary: Benedetta Faedi Duramy and Ayelet Blecher-Prigat Judgment: Browne Lewis
6. Via v. Putnam, 656 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1995) Commentary: Eloisa Rodriguez-Dod Judgment: Elena Marty-Nelson
7. Estate of Myers, 256 Neb. 817, 594 N.W.2d 563 (1999) Commentary: Danaya C. Wright Judgment: Karen J. Sneddon
8. Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 532 U.S. 141 (2001) Commentary: Donna Litman Judgment: Naomi R. Cahn
9. Drevenik v. Nardone, 862 A.2d 635 (Super. Ct. Pa. 2004) Commentary: Elizabeth R. Carter Judgment: Carrie Ann Hagan
10. Reece v. Elliot, 208 S.W.3d 419, 423 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006) Commentary: Browne Lewis Judgment: Elizabeth Sparks and Browne Lewis
11. Khabbaz v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 930 A.2d 1180 (N.H. 2007) Commentary: Melanie B. Jacobs and Browne Lewis Judgment: Lynda Wray Black
12. Karsenty v. Schoukroun, 959 A.2d 1147 (Md. 2008) Commentary: Kent D. Schenkel Judgment: Allison A. Tait.

Subject Areas: Trusts & estates taxation [LNUT], Equity & trusts [LNL], Taxation [KFFD1], Feminism & feminist theory [JFFK]