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Reassessing the Feminist Theoretical Project in Law

Conaghan, Joanne (2000) Reassessing the Feminist Theoretical Project in Law. Journal of Law and Society, 27 (3). pp. 351-385. ISSN 0263-323X. (doi:10.1111/1467-6478.00159) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:1918)

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Abstract

This article seeks to address the current state of theoretical debate within feminist legal studies in the United Kingdom and beyond. It is part map, part critique of dominant theoretical trends – an attempt to identify and explore a range of questions about feminist scholarly engagement in law, including the relationship between academic feminism and political activism, the distinction (if any) between 'feminist' analyses and broader engagements with law and gender, and the normative underpinnings of feminist legal scholarship. The author makes no pretence to neutrality on these issues, questioning the perceived 'drift' between political and academic feminism, and arguing strongly for the recognition and realization of feminism's normative and transformative aspirations. Similarly, she challenges the emergence of an 'anti-essentialist' norm in feminist discourse, and reaffirms the value of 'women-centred' feminist approaches. Finally, this article is also a personal venture, a 'stock-taking' exercise which seeks to interrogate the author's own understanding of what feminist legal work entails.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/1467-6478.00159
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: A. Davies
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 19:19 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/1918 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Conaghan, Joanne.

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