In light of outspoken feminist Christina Hoff Sommers’ recent book, “Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today,” Boston University’s Federalist Society for Law and Public ...

"Feminist legal theorists, despite differences in schools of thought, are united in their basic belief that society is patriarchal--shaped by and dominated by men. Feminist jurisprudence, then, ...

She’s the first Black dean of the University of Colorado's law school. And Lolita Buckner Inniss is only the second woman in that job, which she began in July. Inniss brings expertise in legal history ...

In their quest to protect women from domestic violence and rape, have American feminists contributed to mass incarceration by embracing criminal law as a preferred government solution to social ...

During the #MeToo movement, headlines of discrimination and gender inequality have become more frequent. In this Q&A, instructor Michaela Moura-Koçoglu explains how feminist theory plays a key role in ...

It’s 10:55 A.M. on a Wednesday, early by law-school standards, and eight students are gathered in a bright seminar room at the University of Maryland’s law school. The students are all women, and each ...

Legal mobilization for abortion rights, or the use of law and courts by feminist actors in their pursuit of abortion legalization, is a recent development in Latin America. Its development is part of ...

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and abolished the right to abortion, the court trivialized pregnancy and its impact on women’s lives. Nowhere in its opinion did the court discuss the ...

Ms. Ayala is a lawyer specializing in constitutional law and feminist legal theory. She is the litigation coordinator of GIRE, a feminist organization dedicated to abortion rights and reproductive ...

In the words of author bell hooks, "feminism is for everybody." Feminism is broadly defined as the economic, social and political equality between the sexes, and there are many kinds — black feminism, ...

North Korea's ability to avoid collapse and maintain a baseline of social continuity was owed entirely to informal economic ...