Feminist Perspectives On Law And Theory

Author : Janice Richardson,Ralph Sandland
Publisher : Cavendish Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781843140436

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Feminist Perspectives on Law and Theory by Janice Richardson,Ralph Sandland Pdf

What is the link between the way in which women are viewed as an aberration within law - such that pregnant women initially had to be compared with sick men to claim unfair dismissal - and the view of women as monstrous within philosophy? This book uses the failure of women to fit within male models of both law and theory as a way to rethink legal questions,including the meaning of equality, freedom, justice and citizenship. This includes concern about the way in which queer theory and critical race theory - as well as issues of class - intersect with feminist theory today. It also raises issues about the relationship between political theory and practice and the productive intersection between debates within law, philosophy and feminism. This collection of essays on feminist legal theory therefore provides an interdisciplinary approach, drawn not only from law and philosophy, but also from cultural and womens studies. Feminism may still be on the margins of both law and philosophy, yet it has the ability to disrupt both. This book moves beyond a feminist critique of existing frameworks to the constructive project of reworking theory from within. It goes beyond debates of traditional jurisprudence to draw its tools from the growing body of work on feminist philosophy - including the writings of Luce Irigaray, Drucilla Cornell and Christine Battersby - which intersect both contemporary continental philosophy and critical legal theory.

Author : Janice Richardson,Ralph Sandland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135343583

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Feminist Perspectives on Law and Theory by Janice Richardson,Ralph Sandland Pdf

This collection of essays on feminist legal theory therefore provides an interdisciplinary approach, drawn not only from law and philosophy, but also from cultural and womens studies.

Author : Katherine Bartlett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429980114

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Feminist Legal Theory by Katherine Bartlett Pdf

This book offers powerful analyses of the relationship between law and gender and new understandings of the limits of, and opportunities for, legal reform drawn from the experiences of women and from critical perspectives developed within other disciplines.

Author : Anne Bottomley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996-03-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135351564

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Feminist Perspectives on The Foundational Subjects of Law by Anne Bottomley Pdf

The essays in this volume fall within a chapter on one of the foundational law subjects on the degree syllabus, and aim to provide an account of feminist approaches to each of the following areas: contracts, torts, land law, equity and trusts, criminal law, public law, and European law.

Author : Katherine Bartlett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429969034

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Feminist Legal Theory by Katherine Bartlett Pdf

This book offers powerful analyses of the relationship between law and gender and new understandings of the limits of, and opportunities for, legal reform drawn from the experiences of women and from critical perspectives developed within other disciplines.

Author : Jo Bridgeman,Susan Millns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Body, Human
ISBN : 042159750X

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Feminist Perspectives on Law by Jo Bridgeman,Susan Millns Pdf

"Feminist Perspectives on Law" is a socio-legal text which examines the interaction between law and women's lives, particularly in relation to legal regulation of the female body. It comprises extracts from feminist legal texts and interdisciplinary writings, case law and legislation, which the authors explore through an ongoing commentary. It seeks to identify the points of connection between the law and women's lives, the role of the law in perpetuating the disadvantageous position of women, and the limitations as well as possibilities for the creative use of law in bringing about change in teh lives of women in the areas under construction.

Author : Linda Mulcahy,Sally Wheeler
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Contracts
ISBN : 9781859417423

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Feminist Perspectives on Contract Law by Linda Mulcahy,Sally Wheeler Pdf

This edited collection questions the assumptions about feminist perspectives on contract law made in mainstream textbooks and the ideologies that underpin them, drawing attention to the ways in which the law of contract has facilitated the virtual exclusion of women, the feminine and the private sphere from legal discourse.

Author : Susan Millns,Noel Whitty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135345532

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Feminist Perspectives on Public Law by Susan Millns,Noel Whitty Pdf

Feminist scholarship can provide public lawyers with the critical tools and insights to respond to these new challenges. This collection begins a dialogue between public law and feminism by offering a range of perspectives on contemporary public law themes and topics.

Author : Lois Bibbings,Donald Nicolson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135343712

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Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law by Lois Bibbings,Donald Nicolson Pdf

Criminal law has traditionally been taught and analysed as if the gender of criminals and their victims is irrelevant. It has also been taught and analysed as if criminal law doctrine has no connection with questions of criminalisation,crime detection, decisions to charge and prosecute, lawyers trial tactics, decisions as to guilt and sentencing policy and practice, all of which are significantly affected by gender.This book seeks to fill these gaps by looking at the major areas in which gender affects the way that suspected criminals and their victims are treated by the criminal justice system. However, this book is not just a supplement to traditional criminal law discourse. It is a dangerous supplement, in that the focus on gender challenges laws claim to neutrality and even-handed justice.The essays in this book establish that, not only does the law frequently fail to offer women the sort of protection from male violence and sexual invasion that they need, but it continues to discriminate on grounds of gender. Even when discriminating in favour of women, it does so in ways that reinforce dangerous gender stereotypes. More specifically, both criminal law doctrine and criminal justice personnel apply and reinforce ideas, on the one hand, of female passivity, irrationality and proneness to illness, and, on the other, of natural male aggression - both physical and sexual.

Author : Mary Childs,Louise Ellison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135343644

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Feminist Perspectives on Evidence by Mary Childs,Louise Ellison Pdf

Questions of evidence and proof are fundamental to the operation of substantive law and to our understanding of law as a social practice. The study of evidence involves issues of central concern to feminist scholars,including matters of epistemology, psychology, allocation of risk and responsibility. Debates about evidence, like debates about feminism, involve questioning ideas of rationality and truth, as well as claims to knowledge both by and about men and women. Social constructions of gender are reflected both explicitly and implicitly in evidential rules and in the way in which evidence is received and understood by judges, jurors and magistrates. Feminist evidence scholarship is a relatively new but rapidly developing field. This collection brings together previously unpublished work by feminist legal scholars from different jurisdictions. In these essays, they explore the contributions of feminist theory and methodology to the understanding of the law of evidence.

Author : Alison Diduck,Katherine O'Donovan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135309626

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Feminist Perspectives on Family Law by Alison Diduck,Katherine O'Donovan Pdf

Examining specific areas of family law from a feminist perspective, this book assesses the impact that feminism has had upon family law. It is deliberately broad in scope, as it takes the view that family law cannot be defined in a traditional way. In addition to issues of long-standing concern for feminists, it explores issues of current legal and political preoccupation such as civil partnerships, home-sharing, reproductive technologies and new initiatives in regulating family practices through criminal law, including domestic violence and youth justice.

Author : Robin West,Cynthia Grant Bowman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781786439697

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Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence by Robin West,Cynthia Grant Bowman Pdf

The Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence surveys feminist theoretical understandings of law, including liberal and radical feminism, as well as socialist, relational, intersectional, post-modern, and pro-sex and queer feminist legal theories.

Author : Martha E. Chamallas
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781454831297

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Aspen Treatise for Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory by Martha E. Chamallas Pdf

The leading text in the field, Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory was the first book that served as an introductory survey of feminist jurisprudence. Its historical view of feminist legal theory places issues in social context and thoroughly reviews the evolving paradigms of contemporary feminism from the 1970s through the present. The full range of legal issues affecting women are covered, including gender discrimination, rape, sexual harassment, motherhood, reproductive issues, and much more. Clear, energetic presentation keeps students engaged and involved with succinct overviews, intellectually stimulating material, and jargon-free prose. The Third Edition features up-to-date theories and topics, such as the "autonomy" feminism and "masculinities" theory. Expansion of the current theory-based structure includes the "big three" feminisms described in the previous edition and the "new three" feminisms, which are expanded in the third edition. New applied areas are covered as well, such as transgender legal issues and sex trafficking. While the book remains U.S.-focused, important new material on global and comparative feminism has been added. Throughout the text, students will find discussion about changes in the law since 2003 on issues such as rape, pay equity, sex stereotyping, marriage equality, Title IX, and more. Thoroughly updated, the revised Third Edition presents: Up-to-date theories and topics "autonomy" feminism, "masculinities" theory, "social justice" feminism LGBT and critical race perspectivesa Two-part organization, focusing on chronology and substantive areas of the law that are of particular importance to feminist legal scholars Part one focuses on chronology by examining the three generations of feminist legal theory that have emerged since 1971 the Generation of Equality (1970s) the Generation of Difference (1980s) the Generation of Complex Identities (1990s to present) this part will also include the "new three" feminisms in the 3rd edition (intersectional, autonomy and postmodern feminism) Part two focuses on substantive areas of the law, which fall into three categories economic subordination of women sexual subordination of women motherhood and reproduction Introduction of new applied areas transgender legal issues sex trafficking reproductive justice More material on global and comparative feminism, while remaining U.S.-focused Discussion of changes in the law since 2003 rape domestic violence pay equity torts and tax law same-sex marriage Title IX, and more

Author : Susan Boyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802008178

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Canadian Feminist Perspectives on Law by Susan Boyd Pdf

Author : Madhavi Sunder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 823 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351157742

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Gender and Feminist Theory in Law and Society by Madhavi Sunder Pdf

This volume chronicles a quarter-century of feminist theorizations on equality and liberty. The essays demonstrate a continuing commitment to feminist method (a democratic notion that all people have a right to participate in the production of knowledge of the world, including legal knowledge) and manifest feminism's continuing critical tradition (namely, theorists' willingness to see multiple factors, including feminism itself, as obstructing enlightened constructions of the world). Taken together, the essays suggest that liberty to make the world is not just a means to an end - equality - but is a substantive end in itself.