Introduction&MARTHA ALBERTSON FINEMAN 1
SECTION ONE From women in the law to feminist legal theory 5
Introduction to Section One 7
1 “Le feminisme” and professionalism in law： reflections on the history of women lawyers&MARY JANE MOSSMAN 9
2 An inconsistent affair： feminism and the legal academy&MARGARET THORNTON 25
3 Have pantsuit， will travel&PATRICIA J.WILLIAMS 40
4 Grappling with equality： one feminist journey&MARTHA ALBERTSON FINEMAN 47
SECTION TWO Engaging equality 63
Introduction to Section Two 65
5 What’s so hard about sex equality？ Nature， culture，and social engineering&LINDA C.MCCLAIN 67
6 No male or female&MARY ANNE CASE 83
7 The new faces of feminism： feminism-in-action and organic feminists in a post-feminist era&MICHELE ALEXANDRE 97
SECTION THREE Engaging bodies 111
Introduction to Section Three 113
8 Feminist legal theory as embodied justice&ISABEL KARPIN AND ROXANNE MYKITIUK 115
9 Privatization and punishment in the new age of reprogenetics&DOROTHY E.ROBERTS 131
10 A tale of two bodies： the male body and feminist legal theory&MICHAEL THOMSON 143
SECTION FOUR Engaging universals and engaging identities 157
Introduction to Section Four 159
11 The vulnerable subject： anchoring equality in the human condition&MARTHA ALBERTSON FINEMAN 161
12 Resistance in the afterlife of identity&DARREN LENARD HUTCHINSON 176
13 Gender equality， citizenship status， and the politics of belonging&SIOBHAN MULLALLY 192
SECTION FIVE Engaging intimacy and the family 207
Introduction to Section Five 209
14 When and where they enter&ROBIN WEST 213
15 New frontiers in family law&LAURA T.KESSLER 226
16 Family law， feminist legal theory， and the problem of racial hierarchy&TWILA L.PERRY 243
17 Living alone： new demographic research&ADAM P.ROMERO 258
SECTION SIX Engaging the state 277
Introduction to Section Six 279
18 Learning the lessons： what feminist legal theory teaches international human rights law and practice&FIONNUALA NI AOLAIN 281
19 Prosecuting sexual violence in the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia&FIONA DE LONDRAS 290
20 Theorizing the more responsive state： transcending the national boundaries of law&LAURA SPITZ 305
SECTION SEVEN Engaging politics 321
Introduction to Section Seven 323
21 Gender scripting and deliberative democracy&HOLNING LAU 326
22 The accidental feminist&VICTORIA F.NOURSE 339
23 Defending and developing critical feminist theory as law leans rightward&MARTHA T.MCCLUSKEY 352
Appendix： Introduction to At the Boundaries of the Law： Feminism and Legal Theory 367
Bibliography 372
Index 407