The Ashgate Research Companion to Feminist Legal Theory

As a distinct scholarly contribution to law, feminist legal theory is now well over three decades old. Those three decades have seen consolidation and renewal of its central concerns as well as remarkable growth, dynamism and change. This Companion celebrates the strength of feminist legal thought,...

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Main Authors Munro, Vanessa E, Davies, Margaret
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Farnham Routledge 2013
Taylor and Francis
Ashgate
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesAshgate research companion
Subjects
Family, Child & Social Welfare Law
Feminist jurisprudence
Feminist Philosophy
Gender Studies
Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law
Legal status, laws, etc
Religion & Law
Socio-Legal Studies
Women
Women > Legal status, laws, etc
Global Care Chains
CEDAW Committee
engagement
Good Life
Feminist Legal Thought
gender
thought
Brodie 2008a
CEDAW
Social Reproduction
Feminist Legal Scholarship
Feminist Legal
Standard Employment Relationship
smart
carol
CERD Committee
Joint Taxation
margaret
Young Men
UN
International Humanitarian Law
international
Feminist Legal Theory
CAT Committee
Positive Legal Norms
Special Observer Status
CSW
Group Differentiated Rights
mainstreaming
davies
Roundabout
Feminist Labour Law
Feminist Theoretical Project
scholars
WAF
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN0367075709
9780367075705
9781409418597
1409418596
DOI10.4324/9781315612973

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Editors' Introduction -- PART I: THEORETICAL QUESTIONS IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY -- 1 Contesting the Dominant Paradigm: Feminist Critiques of Liberal Legalism -- 2 Feminism, Law and Materialism: Reclaiming the 'Tainted' Realm -- 3 Freedom, Power and Agency in Feminist Legal Theory -- 4 Law's Truths and the Truth About Law: Interdisciplinary Refractions -- PART II: CONCEPTS IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY -- 5 Equality and Difference: Fertile Tensions or Fatal Contradictions for Advancing the Interests of Disadvantaged Women? -- 6 What a Long Strange Trip It's Been': Feminist and Queer Travels with Sex, Gender and Sexuality -- 7 Theorizing Race, Theorizing Racism: New Directions in Interdisciplinary Scholarship -- 8 Feminists Rethink Multiculturalism: Resisting Essentialism and Cross-Cultural Hypocrisy -- 9 In the Name of God? Religion and Feminist Legal Theory -- PART III: ISSUES IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY -- 10 Gender and Terrain: Feminists Theorize Citizenship -- 11 International Human Rights Law: Towards Rethinking Sex/Gender Dualism -- 12 A New Frontline for Feminism and International Humanitarian Law -- 13 Violence Against Women,'Victimhood' and the (Neo)Liberal State -- 14 The Body, Bodies, Embodiment: Feminist Legal Engagement with Health -- 15 Motherhood and Law: Constructing and Challenging Normativity -- 16 Marriage and Civil Partnership: Law's Role, Feminism's Response -- 17 Gendered Power Over Taxes and Budgets -- 18 From Women and Labour Law to Putting Gender and Law to Work -- 19 Gender, Justice and Law in a Global Market -- 20 Women, Migration and the Constitutional Underpinning of the European Union -- 21 Ecofeminism and the Environment:International Law and Climate Change -- Index
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Editors' Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Questions in Feminist Legal Theory -- 1 Contesting the Dominant Paradigm: Feminist Critiques of Liberal Legalism -- 2 Feminism, Law and Materialism: Reclaiming the 'Tainted' Realm -- 3 Freedom, Power and Agency in Feminist Legal Theory -- 4 Law's Truths and the Truth About Law: Interdisciplinary Refractions -- Part II: Concepts in Feminist Legal Theory -- 5 Equality and Difference: Fertile Tensions or Fatal Contradictions for Advancing the Interests of Disadvantaged Women? -- 6 'What a Long Strange Trip It's Been': Feminist and Queer Travels with Sex, Gender and Sexuality -- 7 Theorizing Race, Theorizing Racism: New Directions in Interdisciplinary Scholarship -- 8 Feminists Rethink Multiculturalism: Resisting Essentialism and Cross-Cultural Hypocrisy -- 9 In the Name of God? Religion and Feminist Legal Theory -- Part III: Issues in Feminist Legal Theory -- 10 Gender and Terrain: Feminists Theorize Citizenship -- 11 International Human Rights Law: Towards Rethinking Sex/Gender Dualism -- 12 A New Frontline for Feminism and International Humanitarian Law -- 13 Violence Against Women, 'Victimhood' and the (Neo)Liberal State -- 14 The Body, Bodies, Embodiment: Feminist Legal Engagement with Health -- 15 Motherhood and Law: Constructing and Challenging Normativity -- 16 Marriage and Civil Partnership: Law's Role, Feminism's Response -- 17 Gendered Power Over Taxes and Budgets -- 18 From Women and Labour Law to Putting Gender and Law to Work -- 19 Gender, Justice and Law in a Global Market -- 20 Women, Migration and the Constitutional Underpinning of the European Union -- 21 Ecofeminism and the Environment: International Law and Climate Change -- Index