Unspeakable subjects : feminist essays in legal and social theory
This book presents a feminist critique of law based on an analysis of the ways in which the very structure or method of modern law is gendered.
x, 273 p. ; 24 cm
9781901362336, 9781901362343, 1901362337, 1901362345
760408224
Introduction to the EssaysPART I: FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT1. From Individual to Group? A Feminist Analysis of the Limits of Anti-Discrimination Legislation2. Theories of Justice and the Welfare State: A Feminist Critique3. Theory into Practice? Pornography and the Public/Private Dichotomy4. Unspeakable Subjects, Impossible Rights: Sexuality, Integrity and Criminal Law5. Community in Legal Theory: Idea, Ideal or Ideology?PART II: QUESTIONS OF METHOD IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY: WITHIN OR BEYOND CRITIQUE?6. Closure and Critique in Feminist Jurisprudence: Transcending the Dichotomy or a Foot in Both Camps?7. Feminist Legal Theory Beyond Neutrality8. Normative Reconstruction in Socio-Legal Theory