Feminist perspectives on contemporary international law : between resistance and compliance? / edited by Sari Kouvo and Zoe Pearson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kouvo, Sari, editor.

Pearson, Zoe (Zoe Ngara), editor.

Series:

Oñati international series in law and society.

Oñati international series in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist jurisprudence.

International law--Sociological aspects.

International law.

Women (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The essays in this volume analyse feminism's positioning vis-à-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 unwilling to challenge the core of international law and its institutions, remaining hopeful of international law's potential for women. The analysis is clustered around three themes: the first part, theory and method, looks at how feminist perspectives on international law have developed and seeks to introduce new theoretical and methodological tools (especially through a focus on psychoanalysis and geography). The second part, national and international security, focuses on how feminists have situated themselves in relation to the current discourses of 'crisis', the post-9/11 NGO 'industry' and the changing discourses of violence against women. The third part, global and local justice, addresses some of the emerging trends in international law, focusing especially on transitional justice, state-building, trafficking and economic globalisation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Talking to ourselves? Feminist scholarship in international law / Hilary Charlesworth

Searching for virtue in international law / Yoriko Otomo

Feminist project(s) : the spaces of international law / Zoe Pearson

Remapping crisis through a feminist lens / Dianne Otto

Road blocks, blind spots, speed bumps : a feminist look at the post-9/11 landscape for NGOs / Julie Mertus

The politics of inevitability : an examination of Janet Halley's critique of the criminalisation of rape as torture / Maria Grahn-Farley

Missionary zeal for a secular mission : bringing gender to transitional justice and redemption to feminism / Vasuki Nesiah

Taking women seriously? Conflict, state-building and gender in Afghanistan / Sari Kouvo

Trafficking in human beings : vulnerability, criminal law and human rights / Ulrika Andersson

Women workers take over power at the margins : economic resistance, political compliance / Dania Thomas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613340122

9781472565518

1472565517

9781782255857

1782255850

9781474201896

147420189X

9781283340120

1283340127

9781847316479

1847316476

OCLC:

768124520