Feminist Perspectives on Law & Theory

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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 issu.  Read more... Abstract: 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 issu Content: BOOK COVER TITLE COPYRIGHT Series Editors Preface Contributors Acknowledgments CONTENTS Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Abbreviations 1 FEMINISM LAW AND THEORY 2 THEORY IS A PROCESS NOT AN END A FEMINIST APPROACH TO THE PRACTICE OF THEORY 3 AN IMPOSSIBLE GLOBAL JUSTICE DECONSTRUCTION AND TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISM 4 THE DECLARATION OF IRIGARAYAN SEXUATE RIGHTS PERFORMATIVITY AND RECOGNITION 5 FEMINIST THEORY AND LAW BEYOND THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE PRESENT 6 A REFRAIN FEMINIST METAPHYSICS AND LAW 7 EQUALITY IN THE LAW AND IRIGARAY'S DIFFERENT UNIVERSALS. 8 COMMON HUMAN NATURE AN EMPTY CONCEPT9 SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP LAW THEORY AND POLITICS 10 ISLAMIC FEMINISM AND THE EXEMPLARY PAST 11 JUDGING WOMEN RETHINKING SHAME THROUGH CORPOREALITY Bibliography Index.