Rebecca Johnson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Intersection of Power and WoundPart 1: Prelude1 Theoretical Foundations2 Childcare Politics in Canada3 Legal Manoeuvring and the Development of Litigation StrategiesPart 2: "The Play's the Thing"4 Strategy and Practice: The Play's the Thing PartPart 3: Sorting Out the Aftermath5 The Limits of Judicial Power: The Court as Constrained6 Power, Constraint, and the Rhetoric of Choice7 Multiple Solitudes: Intersectionality in the Nonexpert Public Response8 Class and Gender on the Terrain of Need: Intersectionality in Expert Public Response9 Lessons to Be Learned and a Case to Be RemadeAppendicesA Selected Statutory ProvisionsB Selections from the Dissent in Symes v. CanadaNotesBibliographyIndex

"This book makes a huge contribution to the field of socio-legal studies. The scholarship is first rate, and the author has applied complex theories in a manner that is extremely accessible. It is a "great read," it tells a fascinating story, and should interest anyone attentive to issues of fairness, justice, and how these issues play out in the courts." - Claire Young, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, and author of Women, Tax and Social Programs

Rebecca Johnson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Intersection of Power and WoundPart 1: Prelude1 Theoretical Foundations2 Childcare Politics in Canada3 Legal Manoeuvring and the Development of Litigation StrategiesPart 2: "The Play's the Thing"4 Strategy and Practice: The Play's the Thing PartPart 3: Sorting Out the Aftermath5 The Limits of Judicial Power: The Court as Constrained6 Power, Constraint, and the Rhetoric of Choice7 Multiple Solitudes: Intersectionality in the Nonexpert Public Response8 Class and Gender on the Terrain of Need: Intersectionality in Expert Public Response9 Lessons to Be Learned and a Case to Be RemadeAppendicesA Selected Statutory ProvisionsB Selections from the Dissent in Symes v. CanadaNotesBibliographyIndex

"This book makes a huge contribution to the field of socio-legal studies. The scholarship is first rate, and the author has applied complex theories in a manner that is extremely accessible. It is a "great read," it tells a fascinating story, and should interest anyone attentive to issues of fairness, justice, and how these issues play out in the courts." - Claire Young, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, and author of Women, Tax and Social Programs

Rebecca Johnson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Intersection of Power and WoundPart 1: Prelude1 Theoretical Foundations2 Childcare Politics in Canada3 Legal Manoeuvring and the Development of Litigation StrategiesPart 2: "The Play's the Thing"4 Strategy and Practice: The Play's the Thing PartPart 3: Sorting Out the Aftermath5 The Limits of Judicial Power: The Court as Constrained6 Power, Constraint, and the Rhetoric of Choice7 Multiple Solitudes: Intersectionality in the Nonexpert Public Response8 Class and Gender on the Terrain of Need: Intersectionality in Expert Public Response9 Lessons to Be Learned and a Case to Be RemadeAppendicesA Selected Statutory ProvisionsB Selections from the Dissent in Symes v. CanadaNotesBibliographyIndex

"This book makes a huge contribution to the field of socio-legal studies. The scholarship is first rate, and the author has applied complex theories in a manner that is extremely accessible. It is a "great read," it tells a fascinating story, and should interest anyone attentive to issues of fairness, justice, and how these issues play out in the courts." - Claire Young, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, and author of Women, Tax and Social Programs