[FEM3104] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (41 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 3104
• Professor: Tuulia Law

Document Summary

Fem3104 a feminism, justice, and the law. Latin: iuris (meaning of law ) + prudential (meaning wisdom ) (greek: phronesis, specifically wisdom between what is good and bad, what ought to be done, relates to the ethical domain) The theoretical analysis of law and its institutions (drakopoulou, 2013) How and why of law, development, institutions. Working towards a deep understanding of law; not merely descriptive. Engages with diverse conceptual inquiries (philosophical, ethical, normative, etc. ) Seeking to answer/seeking answers(s) to the how and why of law and the development of the institution of law. Lack of female authors and female founders of jurisprudential journals and schools; perhaps due to a lack of feminine interest. Modern feminist scholarship has shied away from explicit jurisprudential engagement with the law. Although it has examined the law from other angles: eg: criminology. Baer talks about how feminist critique of the law isn"t new. American feminists identified the law as a tool of male supremacy.