TY - BOOK
T1 - Exploiting the limits of law
T2 - Swedish feminism and the challenge to pessimism
A2 - Gunnarsson, Åsa
A2 - Svensson, Eva Maria
A2 - Davies, Margaret
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Moving beyond the question of whether an area of scholarly investigation can truly be characterized as 'legal', Exploiting the Limits of Law combats the often unhelpful constraints of law's subject-matter and formal processes. Through a process of reflection on the limits of law and repeated efforts to redraw them, this book challenges the general sense of pessimism among feminists and others about the usefulness of law as an instrument of change. The work combines theoretical analysis of the law's boundaries with investigation of the practical settings for changing legal and policy environments. Both the empirical focus of this volume, and its underlying theoretical concern with the limits of the law and its gender implications, render it of interest to legal scholars throughout the world, whether of EU law, feminism, social policy or philosophy.
AB - Moving beyond the question of whether an area of scholarly investigation can truly be characterized as 'legal', Exploiting the Limits of Law combats the often unhelpful constraints of law's subject-matter and formal processes. Through a process of reflection on the limits of law and repeated efforts to redraw them, this book challenges the general sense of pessimism among feminists and others about the usefulness of law as an instrument of change. The work combines theoretical analysis of the law's boundaries with investigation of the practical settings for changing legal and policy environments. Both the empirical focus of this volume, and its underlying theoretical concern with the limits of the law and its gender implications, render it of interest to legal scholars throughout the world, whether of EU law, feminism, social policy or philosophy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900198798&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315581569
DO - 10.4324/9781315581569
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84900198798
SN - 9780754649359
BT - Exploiting the limits of law
PB - Ashgate Publishing Ltd
ER -