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Paradise Lost, Paradox Revisited: The Implications Of Familial Ideology For Feminist, Lesbian, And Gay Engagement To Law, Shelley A. M. Gavigan
Paradise Lost, Paradox Revisited: The Implications Of Familial Ideology For Feminist, Lesbian, And Gay Engagement To Law, Shelley A. M. Gavigan
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
In this article the author addresses the theoretical and political challenges issued to feminists and feminist scholarship by recent debates and litigation concerning "family" and "family-based" benefits. The argument proceeds in four parts: first, the discussion is relocated within socialist feminist theory. The implications of the qualified pro-family stance in the critiques advanced or influenced by women of colour is considered next, followed by an examination of some proposals to extend the definition of "spouse" and "family" to lesbian and gay relationships. The author is critical of both "critiques" and illustrates with reference to Canadian welfare and immigration law that …
Silencing The Different Voice: Competence, Feminist Theory And Law, Susan Stefan
Silencing The Different Voice: Competence, Feminist Theory And Law, Susan Stefan
University of Miami Law Review
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The Breadth Of Context And The Depth Of Myth: Completing The Feminist Paradigm, Emily Calhoun
The Breadth Of Context And The Depth Of Myth: Completing The Feminist Paradigm, Emily Calhoun
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Girls Should Bring Lawsuits Everywhere . . . Nothing Will Be Corrupted: Pornography As Speech And Product, Marianne Wesson
Girls Should Bring Lawsuits Everywhere . . . Nothing Will Be Corrupted: Pornography As Speech And Product, Marianne Wesson
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Despair And Redemption In The Feminist Nomos, Thomas Ross
Despair And Redemption In The Feminist Nomos, Thomas Ross
Indiana Law Journal
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Feminism And International Law: A Reply, Fernando R. Tesón
Feminism And International Law: A Reply, Fernando R. Tesón
Scholarly Publications
Over the past several years, legal scholars have extended feminist theory to many areas of the law, and legal discourse has been enriched by feminist jurisprudence. Until recently, however, international law had not undergone a sustained feminist critique. This gap is now slowly being filled; a notable contribution to that effort is a recent article by Hilary Charlesworth, Christine Chinkin, and Shelley Wright.
This Essay presents a reply to the Charlesworth-Chinkin-Wright critique. Although much of this reply engages more general issues in feminist theory, it would be impossible, within the scope of this work, to address every important political, cultural, …