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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Law : Law

730-369 Feminist Legal Theory

Credit Points:

20

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor J Morgan

Prerequisite/s:

Torts and the Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law.

Timetable:

Semester 1 and 2

Contact:

2 hours per week

Subject Description:

The course provides a theoretical introduction to feminist engagements with law. It is an applied theory course. After a brief introduction to the broad array of doctrinal areas challenged by feminist approaches, the course then moves to its central theoretical underpinnings. Here we examine issues like equality between women and men, the public/private dichotomy, differences amongst women and epistemological questions. This material is then applied in three thematic ares: Womens access to money; Women, Law and Relationships and Gendered Harms. The aim in these three thematic areas is to break down traditional legal categories and to discover and make connections between the various case studies.

Assessment:

Research Assignment 7000 words (70%) and Take Home Exam (30%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Regina Graycar and Jenny Morgan, The Hidden Gender of Law, Federation Press, 1990.
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