Author: Linda C. McClain

Linda C. McClain is a law professor at Boston University. She is known for her work in family law, gender and law and feminist legal theory. Her most recent book, Who’s the Bigot? Learning from Conflicts over Marriage and Civil Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), argues that, although denouncing and preventing bigotry is a shared political value with a long history, people disagree over who is a bigot and what makes a belief, attitude, or action bigoted. McClain's work also addresses sex equality as a legal and constitutional commitment and public value, the responsibility of government to promote equality, and societal tensions over equality and its relationship to other values.

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What It Would Mean To Codify Roe Into Law—Expert Answers Seven Questions

What does it mean to “codify” Roe v. Wade? And why has it not been done before? Linda C. McClain, an expert on civil rights law and feminist legal theory at Boston University School of Law, answers seven questions.

May 5, 2022

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