Feminist legal theory

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Abstract

![CDATA[Through various social, political, and intellectual movements that have found expression in the three “waves” of feminism, feminists have long criticized enduring social and institutional inequalities between the sexes that are obfuscated by gender‐blind approaches to social inquiry. Drawing on an interdisciplinary history of feminist thought, feminist legal theory has, over the last three decades, made specific contributions to legal theory through its interrogation of a male‐centric viewpoint that has remained both unquestioned and entrenched in legal doctrine, while empirically seeking to advance a women's rights agenda in law by incorporating the experiences and voices of women.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory
EditorsBryan S. Turner
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781118430873
ISBN (Print)9781118430866
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • feminism
  • women's rights
  • gender identity

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