Catherine MacKinnon
From Philosopedia
Catherine A. MacKinnon (7 October 1946 - )
MacKinnon is the Minnesota-born daughter of Elizabeth Valentine Davis and George E. MacKinnon, a judge in the District of Columbia Circuit. Like her mother, she attended Smith College and became the third generation of her family to attend. In 1969 she graduated in the top 2% of her class.
She is a pioneer in feminist legal theory, specializing in sex equality issues under constitutional and international law.
Her scholarly books include
- Feminism Unmodified (1987)
- Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989)
- Only Words (1993)
- Sex Equality: Rape Law. University Casebook Series (2001).
- Sex Equality: Family Law. University Casebook Series (2001)
- Sex Equality: Sexual Harassment (2003)
- Sex Equality: Lesbian and Gay Rights (2003)
- Directions in Sexual Harassment Law (2003)
- Directions in Sexual Harassment Law (co-editor with R. B. Siegel, 2004)
- Women's Lives, Men's Laws (2005)
- Are Women Human?: And Other International Dialogues (2006)
She co-directs The Lawyers' Alliance for Women (LAW) Project of Equality Now, an NGO promoting international sex equality rights for women around the world.
MacKinnon received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. In addition to teaching at the University of Michigan, she is a long-term visitor at the University of Chicago Law School. She has also taught at Yale, Harvard, Osgoode Hall, Basel (Switzerland), Stanford, and Columbia.
She currently is a faculty member at the University of Michigan Law School.
