Butterfly Politics

Catharine A. MacKinnon

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$29.95 • £23.95 • €27.00

ISBN 9780674416604

Publication Date: 04/17/2017

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504 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

Belknap Press

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Catharine A. MacKinnon is Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law (Long-Term) at Harvard Law School.

Awards & Accolades

A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of 2017

A Telegraph (India) “Nonfiction Books That Should Be on Your FOMO List” Selection, 2018

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week, 2017

Catharine MacKinnon Is Winner of the 2014 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of American Law Schools Section on Women in Legal Education

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