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Canadian Feminism and the Law
The Women's Legal Education & Action Fund & the Pursuit of Equality
by Sherene Razack
"...positively path-breaking — a reference point for all subsequent scholars of feminism in Canada."
— Marjorie Cohen, Professor, Political Science and Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University
"Sherene Razack provides a lucid and illuminating exploration of the limitation of the liberal/patriarchal concept of equality for women's liberation, and of the difficulties encountered when feminist lawyers attempt to advance and protect women's equal rights claims in a male-dominated court of law."
— Ruth Roach Pierson
Centre for Women's Studies, OISE
Centre for Women's Studies, OISE
No organization has been more active in fighting the inequalities of the law than the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), a feminist advocacy group established to bring forward cases under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In a penetrating analysis of women's rights before the law, Razack considers the history of LEAF and its work. She begins by exploring the language of rights in liberal theory and the impact of postmodernist thought. Razack then considers the role of women in the legal system, and how the law fails to address adequately the situation of women. She reviews the cases on which LEAF has focused, the legal issues involved, and the feminist principles which come into play. In total, she has compiled a compelling case study of legal advocacy with implications for all those struggling to create a more equitable body of law.
Canadian Feminism
and the Law
Categories
· Women's Issues
· Feminist Legal Studies
192 pages
$16.95 Cdn
$16.95 US
6" x 9" paper
ISBN-10: 0-929005-19-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-929005-19-5
