Description: "In Hard Bargains Hirshman and Larson argue that heterosexual bargains, particularly outside of marriage, are presently made in a virtual state of nature, that this is intolerably unjust, and that law should be used to structure fair agreements in our sexual lives by strengthening the hand ofthe weak. Althoug their premise--that sex is or ought to be understood as a bargain--is sure to provoke passionate debate, their Hobbesian argument is admirably clear, the history of heterosexual politics and the intellectual movements surrounding them is well-told, and their suggested reformes incurrent law, if adopted, might well move us toward a more just socio-sexual world. This is an important book, original, and thoroughly engaging book. Anyone interested in the role of law in improving our public lives and our sexual politics will find this work extremely valuable."--Robin West,Georgetown University Law School

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