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Sexual Harassment In America »

Authors: Laura W. Stein
ISBN-13: 9780313301841, ISBN-10: 0313301840
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: January 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Laura W. Stein

LAURA W. STEIN is Associate Professor of Law at New York Law School.

Book Synopsis

A breakthrough collection of key documents on sexual harassment, providing an overview of the development of the concept in America.

Booknews

Through a collection of 96 legal cases from 1964-1997, Stein (formerly at New York Law School), presents the controversies and recent Supreme Court decisions over this volatile issue to aid high school and college students understand definitions, trends, and the role of each case in the historical context of how sexual harassment in employment and beyond became illegal. Paula Jones, Hill vs. Thomas, Sen. Packwood, same-sex harassment, and the case of the second grader sued for kissing a classmate are all here. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Series Foreword
	Introduction
Pt. I	Defining Sexual Harassment
	How Sexual Harassment became Illegal	1
	Definitions of Sexual Harassment	4
Pt. II	Sexual Harassment in Employment
	The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in Employment	19
	Laws Prohibiting Sexual Harassment in Employment	32
	Early Sexual Harassment Cases	38
	The Supreme Court Speaks	53
	Proving "Unwelcomeness"	60
	Legal Responsibility for Sexual Harassment	62
	Remedies Available in Cases of Harassment	71
	Evidence about the Plaintiff's Sexual History	76
	Same-Sex Harassment	80
	Special Issues in Hostile Environment Harassment	87
	Sexual Harassment by Government Officials	107
	Lawsuits Brought by Those Accused of Harassment	128
Pt. III	Sexual Harassment in the Military	133
	The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in the Military	134
	The Tailhook Scandal	143
	Military Regulation of Sexual Harassment	164
	More Recent Military Sexual Harassment Scandals	178
Pt. IV	Sexual Harassment in Education	191
	Laws Prohibiting Sexual Harassment in Education	191
	Development of the Law Against Sexual Harassment in Education	202
	The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in Educational Institutions	206
	Harassment by School Employees	213
	Harassment by Peers	223
	Same-Sex Harassment	235
	When the very Young are Accused of Harassment	237
	Sexual Harassment and Academic Freedom	243
Pt. V	New Frontiers in Sexual Harassment Law	249
	Sexual Harassment in Housing	249
	Sexual Harassment in other Contexts	259
Pt. VI	The Supreme Court's Decisions from 1998	263
	Index	293