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Semester 1

Gender, Law, and Society (LAWS10258)

Subject

Law

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 Law courses at grade B or above. We will only consider University/College level courses. This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course before teaching begins, with no exceptions, and spaces cannot be guaranteed to those students at any time. **Please see Additional Restrictions**

Course Summary

This course critically examines the way in which law, gender, and society are co-constituted. It interrogates the social and cultural norms which shape laws framing of gender, focusing on feminist socio-legal approaches to law by drawing on case examples from the Feminist Judgments Project.

Course Description

The primary aim of this course is to provide students with a theoretically informed insight into the intersection and interaction between gender, law, and society. Adopting a socio-legal framework, the course critically explores the changing social constructions of gender, the gendered subject of law, and the gendered nature of legal judgments. Students will be introduced to a range of feminist theories and methodologies, with a specific focus on feminist legal theories to better understand the ways in which key issues manifest in different contexts.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

**All 3rd year Law courses are ONLY open to visiting students nominated on an exchange agreement within the School of Law (including Erasmus students on a Law-specific exchange). Exchange students outside of Law, and independent study abroad students, are not eligible to enrol in these courses, with no exceptions.** Please note that 3rd year Law courses are high-demand, meaning that they have a very high number of students wishing to enrol in a very limited number of spaces. These enrolments are managed strictly by the CAHSS Visiting Student Office, in line with the quotas allocated by the department, and all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. It is not appropriate for students to contact the Law School directly to request additional spaces. If there is sufficient space for other visiting students to enrol at the start of the semester (which cannot be guaranteed at all), visiting students must meet the pre-requisites listed above.

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