Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Special Issue - Feminist Legal Theory, Volume 69, (2016)

Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2743663

Posted: 10 Mar 2016

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Clare Huntington

Columbia Law School

Maxine Eichner

University of North Carolina School of Law

Date Written: March 7, 2016

Abstract

Half a century after the beginning of the second wave, feminist legal theorists are still writing about many of the subjects they addressed early on: money, sex, reproduction, and jobs. What has changed is the way that they talk about these subjects. Specifically, these theorists now posit a more complex and nuanced conception of power. Recent scholarship recognizes the complexities of power in contemporary society, the ways in which these complexities entrench sex inequality, and the role that law can play in reducing inequality and increasing agency. The feminist legal theorists in this volume – Susan Appleton, Katharine Baker, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, Maxine Eichner, Angela Harris, Jennifer Hendricks, Michelle Oberman, and Susan Stiritz – are emblematic of this effort. They carefully examine the relationship between gender, equality, and power across an array of realms: sex, reproduction, pleasure, work, money. In doing so they identify social, political, economic, developmental, and psychological and somatic forces, operating both internally and externally, that complicate the expression and constraint of power. Finally, they give sophisticated thought to the possibilities for legal interventions in light of these more complex notions of power. Papers can be downloaded from the website of Prof. Maxine Eichner, UNC Law School.

Suggested Citation

Huntington, Clare and Eichner, Maxine, Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (March 7, 2016). Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Special Issue - Feminist Legal Theory, Volume 69, (2016), Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2743663, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2743663

Clare Huntington (Contact Author)

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Maxine Eichner

University of North Carolina School of Law ( email )

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Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
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