LAW 283 - Feminist Legal Philosophy Seminar.

This seminar explores the complex ways in which leading feminist theorists have interpreted the role of law in constituting and deconstructing gender inequality in society. We will examine theorists’ struggles to sort out the gendered effects of law in a range of challenging social and political issues including violence against women, reproductive rights, workplace equality, the over-representation of men in elected office, and ongoing debates about same-sex marriage. Attention will be paid to feminists’ claims that law perpetuates masculine, race, and class privileges and to their attempts to re-imagine law as a force for change. Two hours.LeBlanc