HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Martha Minow, Feminist Legal Theory, Feminist Theory
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Martha minow, foreword: the supreme court, 1986: justice engendered . [see also: martha minow, making all the difference; inclusion, exclusion, and american. Minow"s project: an extension of dworkin"s idea of the law working itself pure. She explores opportunities to better realize law"s ambitions for itself. Critical legal studies economic analysis of law feminist jurisprudence. Feminist jurisprudence : law as a patriarchal institution (i) descriptive component (ii) normative component. Methodology of feminist jurisprudence and empirical studies. The persons case of the famous five : emily murphy, nellie mcclung, Irene parlby, henrietta muir edwards and louise mckinney. Reference to the scc (the question referred to the scc): does the word. Persons in s. 24 of the bna act of 1867 include female persons? decision of the scc, april 28, 1928. Appeal of the scc decision to the judicial committee of the privy council, London, england; decision of the privy council, october 18, 1929.
