Feminist Perspectives on Contemporary International Law: Between Resistance and Compliance?

Book Overview

The essays in this volume analyse feminism's positioning vis- -vis international law and the current paradigms of international law. The authors argue that, willingly or unwillingly, feminist perspectives on international law have come to be situated between 'resistance' and 'compliance'. That is, feminist scholarship aims at deconstructing international law to show why and how 'women' have been marginalised; at the same time feminists have been largely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849466580
• ISBN13: 9781849466585
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"