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Feminist Legal Theories, Gary S. Lawson
Feminist Legal Theories, Gary S. Lawson
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The issue before this panel is one of identification. What epistemologically justifies attaching to an idea or set of ideas the label "feminist legal theory"? In other words, how can one recognize an example of feminist legal theory if and when one comes across it?
Inviolability And Privacy: The Castle, The Sanctuary, And The Body, Linda C. Mcclain
Inviolability And Privacy: The Castle, The Sanctuary, And The Body, Linda C. Mcclain
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This article explores the idea and imagery of inviolability. I use a trilogy of terms-the castle, the sanctuary, and the body-to illuminate different loci of inviolability and to show how notions of sacredness and sanctity undergird the legal protection of inviolability. These images, familiar from privacy jurisprudence, provide a useful lens through which to examine the association between inviolability and gender. Familiar feminist critiques suggest that concepts such as privacy have served to deny, rather than to secure, inviolability for women and women's bodies. I explore the interplay of inviolability and privacy in some prominent feminist accounts of sexuality, and …