Sometimes by browsing the stacks in a particular area, you can find something better than what you were originally looking for! Here are some selected subject headings for women and the law:
A few of the treatises & books on women and the law available at the Taggart Law Library include:
It's Harder in Heels: Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life Balance by 
Pioneering Women Lawyers by 
The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Women by 
The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence by 
Women in the World's Legal Professions by 
Women's Lives, Men's Laws by Encyclopedias: Legal encyclopedias provide general overviews of legal topics and references to other research materials. These encyclopedias will have a subject index to help you find entries by topic. For example, if you wanted to look up the topic “Land-Use Planning” in the index, it might lead you to the encyclopedia’s article on “Public Lands” or "Eminent Domain," which you could then look up in the appropriate encyclopedia volume.
A.L.R. Annotations: Experts in a particular area of the law write the annotations, or articles, found in American Law Reports. They usually focus on a very narrow area of the law and can provide case citations and references to other secondary sources. Annotations can be found topically using the index or from citations found in other secondary sources.
Sometimes helpful research sources for a particular area of the law have already been pulled together by someone else. Examples of print and electronic research guides on women and the law include the following:
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