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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458881903321

Titolo

Transcending the boundaries of law : generations of feminism and legal theory / / edited by Martha Albertson Fineman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-94902-X

1-136-94903-8

1-282-73284-6

9786612732843

0-203-84853-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FinemanMartha

Disciplina

346.01/34

Soggetti

Feminist jurisprudence

Women - Legal status, laws, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section One: From women in the law to feminist legal theory; Section Two: Engaging equality; Section Three: Engaging bodies; Section Four: Engaging universals and engaging identities; Section Five: Engaging intimacy and the family; Section Six: Engaging the state; Section Seven: Engaging politics; Appendix: Introduction to At the Boundaries of the Law: Feminism and Legal Theory; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Transcending the Boundaries of Law is a ground-breaking collection that will be central to future developments in feminist and related critical theories about law. In its pages three generations of feminist legal theorists engage with what have become key feminist themes, including equality, embodiment, identity, intimacy, and law and politics. Almost two decades ago Routledge published the very first anthology in feminist legal theory, At the Boundaries of Law (M.A. Fineman and N. Thomadsen, eds. 1991), which marked an important conceptual move away from the study of ""wo