Choice and Consent: Feminist Engagements with Law and Subjectivity (Critical Approaches to Law S)

This current and timely volume presents new thinking and new directions in feminist legal scholarship. Rethinking key concepts in legal feminism, Cowan and Hunter provide a unique examination of key socio-legal concepts in law, jurisprudence and legal and political theory. Written by an international cast of contributors, offering different cultural perspectives as well as doctrinal and theoretical knowledge, this collection of essays presents a dialogue between different feminist positions and approaches to a common theme. It addresses a range of questions, including: * Can 'consent' be rethought and infused with different meanings in a post-liberal feminist politics? * Can the concepts of 'choice' and 'consent' have consistent meanings and functions between different areas of law, or whether they prove to be highly contingent when viewed across the broad field of law. Exploring the deeply gendered concepts of ‘choiceвЂTM and ‘consentвЂTM and examining the philosophical and jurisprudential issues surrounding them as well as how ‘choiceвЂTM and ‘consentвЂTM operate in particular areas of law, including criminal law, medical law, constitutional law, employment law, family law and civil procedure, this volume is a key resource for postgraduate law students studying jurisprudence. This Book Of Essays Presents A Feminist Examination Of The Concepts Of 'choice' And 'consent', As They Operate Within Legal And Political Theory, Jurisprudence, And Across Diverse Areas Of Law.--p. [i]. Feminism And Consent : A Genealogical Inquiry / Maria Drakopoulou -- Woman As The Subject Of (family) Law / Anél Boshoff -- The Conditions Of Consent / Louise Du Toit -- The Politics Of Consent, Friendship And Sovereignty / Karin Van Marle -- Choosing Freely : Theoretically Reframing The Concept Of Consent / Sharon Cowan -- Stories Of Mistaken Consent : Still In The Shadow Of Morgan / Heather Douglas -- The Personal Is Economic : Unearthing The Rhetoric Of Choice In The Canadian Maternity And Parental Leave Benefit Debates / Gillian Calder -- Decision-making At The End Of Life : The Choice Is Yours, Or Is It? / Hazel Biggs -- Consent In Violent Relationships / Rosemary Hunter. Edited By Rosemary Hunter And Sharon Cowan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Feminism and consent : a genealogical inquiry / Maria Drakopoulou -- Woman as the subject of (family) law / Anl Boshoff -- The conditions of consent / Louise du Toit -- The politics of consent, friendship and sovereignty / Karin van Marle -- Choosing freely : theoretically reframing the concept of consent / Sharon Cowan -- Stories of mistaken consent : still in the shadow of Morgan / Heather Douglas -- The personal is economic : unearthing the rhetoric of choice in the Canadian maternity and parental leave benefit debates / Gillian Calder -- Decision-making at the end of life : the choice is yours, or is it? / Rosemary Hunter -- Consent in violent relationships / Hazel biggs