This Companion celebrates the strength of feminist legal thought, which is manifested in this dynamic combination of stability and change, as well as in the diversity of perspectives and methodologies, and the extensive range of subject-matters, which are now included within its ambit. Bringing together contributors from across a range of jurisdictions and legal traditions, the book provides a concise but critical review of existing theory in relation to the core issues or concepts that have animated, and continue to animate, feminism.

Table of Contents

• Notes on Contributors
• Editors’ Introduction Margaret Davies and Vanessa E. Munro
• PART I:THEORETICAL QUESTIONS IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY
• 1 Contesting the Dominant Paradigm: Feminist Critiques of Liberal Legalism Rosemary Hunter
• 2 Feminism, Law and Materialism: Reclaiming the ‘Tainted’ Realm Joanne Conaghan
• 3 Freedom, Power and Agency in Feminist Legal Theory Nancy J. Hirschmann
• 4 Law's Truths and the Truth About Law: Interdisciplinary Refractions Margaret Davies
• PART II: CONCEPTS IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY
• 5 Equality and Difference: Fertile Tensions or Fatal Contradictions for Advancing the Interests of Disadvantaged Women? Elsje Bonthuys
• 6 ‘What a Long Strange Trip It's Been’: Feminist and Queer Travels with Sex, Gender and Sexuality Sharon Cowan
• 7 Theorizing Race, Theorizing Racism: New Directions in Interdisciplinary Scholarship Jennifer C. Nash
• 8 Feminists Rethink Multiculturalism: Resisting Essentialism and Cross-Cultural Hypocrisy Sarah Song
• 9 In the Name of God? Religion and Feminist Legal Theory Samia Bano
• PART III: ISSUES IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY
• 10 Gender and Terrain: Feminists Theorize Citizenship Margot Young
• 11 International Human Rights Law: Towards Rethinking Sex/Gender Dualism Dianne Otto
• 12 A New Frontline for Feminism and International Humanitarian Law Judith Gardam
• 13 Violence Against Women, ‘Victimhood’ and the (Neo)Liberal State Vanessa E. Munro
• 14 The Body, Bodies, Embodiment: Feminist Legal Engagement with Health Marie Fox and Thérèse Murphy
• 15 Motherhood and Law: Constructing and Challenging Normativity Susan B. Boyd
• 16 Marriage and Civil Partnership: Law's Role, Feminism's Response Rosemary Auchmuty
• 17 Gendered Power Over Taxes and Budgets Åsa Gunnarsson
• 18 From Women and Labour Law to Putting Gender and Law to Work Judy Fudge
• 19 Gender, Justice and Law in a Global Market Ann Stewart
• 20 Women, Migration and the Constitutional Underpinning of the European Union Patricia Tuitt
• 21 Ecofeminism and the Environment: International Law and Climate Change Karen Morrow