Dressing Constitutionally Hierarchy, Sexuality, and Democracy from Our Hairstyles to Our Shoes

'Dressing Constitutionally is an important book on an important subject: how the law affects how we look and what forms of self-expression are protected. Combining thorough research and engaging stories, Robson's account should make us rethink the role of constitutional doctrine, and its effect on personal liberty and social equality.' Deborah L. Rhode, E. W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University

Advance praise: 'Dressing Constitutionally is an important book on an important subject: how the law affects how we look and what forms of self-expression are protected. Combining thorough research and engaging stories, Robson's account should make us rethink the role of constitutional doctrine, and its effect on personal liberty and social equality.' Deborah L. Rhode, E. W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University Advance praise: 'Dressing Constitutionally offers a dazzling and a dizzying array of constitutional doctrine, ranging from whether students have the right to wear arm bands as a protest against government policies to whether criminal defendants can be required to wear leg shackles in courts, from whether the Fourth Amendment permits strip searches when persons are stopped for minor offences to whether the First Amendment protects strip teases. Examining topics cutting across personal and public life, Ruthann Robson teaches us that we are all cloaked in the mantle of the law.' Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School