Mehar Babrah, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, GGSIP University
ABSTRACT
One of the earliest recorded uses of the term ‘feminist jurisprudence’ was at a 1978 Harvard Law School celebration that commemorated the 25th anniversary of the institution’s first women graduates. A panel of judges, lawyers and legal educators debated the most basic question regarding the enterprise: Was there in existence or should there be developed a feminist jurisprudence?
The consensus reply to both queries, at that time, was no, perhaps in part because the label invoked images of political cries for special legal treatment for women.
Despite the early rejection of the project’s “packaging” and imperative, a feminist jurisprudence- both, movement and discipline in one- has emerged.
This paper aims to elaborate upon the evolution of feminist jurisprudence, both as a movement and discipline; and briefly touch upon various types of feminism, including relational/cultural feminism, radical feminism, and public-private dichotomy.
Keywords: Feminist jurisprudence, evolution, relational/cultural feminism, radical feminism, public-private dichotomy.
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