Welcome to our weekly digest of the VHC's activities. As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we continue to focus on contributions of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project (FLT).

What follows is a compilation of our blogposts and podcast episodes created by the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative for Women's History Month 2021. The blogposts and interviews below highlight some of the groundbreaking work produced by the FLT. This is just a sampling of the 37 years of scholarship that can be found in the FLT Archive at Emory University School of Law and in the "Women and the Law" collection on HeinOnline. Read below to learn more.

2. An interview with Professor Risa L. Lieberwitz on Transcending the Boundaries of Law: Generations of Feminism and Legal Theory

“How can we have a vision of society that transcends … the formal equality model but that also takes a notion of substantive equality and broadens it out to a more universal vision of what equality would mean in a society that is not simply based on unequal structures that are in place?" - Risa Lieberwitz

Listen to the interview here.

4. An interview with Martha McCluskey on Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus: Gender, Law and Society

"The vision of vulnerability that Martha Fineman offers gives us a way to rethink the economy in a way that would bring us together and move us through some of these...incredible challenges that we face today." - Martha T. McCluskey

This interview with Professor Martha T. McCluskey discusses her work and involvement with the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, and her contribution to the collection, Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus: Gender, Law, and Society.

Listen to the interview here.

"Despite the integral link between law and masculinities, few feminist legal scholars have examined the implications of masculinities theories for feminist legal theorizing. The chapters in this collection are intended to focus feminist and critical theoretical attention on masculinities and to consider the implications of masculinities theories for law and legal theory." - Martha LA Fineman

Read the blogpost here.

6. An interview with Nancy E. Dowd on Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections

Our interview with Professor Nancy E. Dowd focuses on the impact of Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections, edited by Martha Albertson Fineman and Michael Thomson. We also discuss the recent shootings in Atlanta, the killing of George Floyd, and the storming of the capitol on January 6.

Listen to the interview here.

7. Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations

"...As this collection of essays clearly illustrates, there is much to be gained from negotiating the fault lines and building off the highly critical intellectual energies that the queer–feminist tensions have produced.” - Martha LA Fineman

Read the blogpost here.

In this interview, Professor Jack Jackson of Whitman College speaks about his involvement with the Feminism and Legal Theory Project over the years.

Listen to the interview here.

9. At the Boundaries of Law: Feminism and Legal Theory

"The scholarship presented here is critical, is political, is part of on­going debates and is concerned with methods and processes that comprise law. It is typical of the very best feminist legal scholarship in that it is about law in its broadest form, as a manifestation of power in society, and, for the most part, it recognizes that there is no division between law and power. Many of the articles recognize that law is not only found in courts and cases, in legislatures and statutes, but also in implementing institutions such as the professions of social work and law enforcement. Others reflect the fact that law is found in discourse and language used in everyday life reflecting understandings about “Law.” It is evident in the beliefs and assumptions we hold about the world in which we live and in the norms and values we cherish." - Martha LA Fineman

Read the blogpost here.

Vulnerability and the Legal Organization of Work, M.A. Fineman, J. Fineman (Routledge 2017).

Privatization, Vulnerability, and Social Responsibility: A Comparative Perspective, M.A. Fineman, U. Andersson, T. Mattsson (Routledge 2017).

Masculinities and Feminisms: Critical Perspectives, M.A. Fineman, M. Thomson (Ashgate Press 2013).

Vulnerability: Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics, M.A. Fineman, A. Grear (Ashgate Press 2013).

Feminist Perspectives on Transitional Justice: Through a Theoretical, Policy and Practice-Oriented Lens, M.A. Fineman, E. Zinsstag (Intersentia Press) (Series on Transitional Justice 2013).

Transcending the Boundaries of Law: Generations of Feminism and Legal Theory, M.A. Fineman (Routledge 2010).

 

What Is Right For Children? The Competing Paradigms Religion and International Human Rights, M.A. Fineman, K. Worthington (Ashgate Press 2009).

Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations, M.A. Fineman, J. Jackson, A. Romero (Ashgate Press 2009).

Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus (Economic Man), M.A. Fineman, T. Doherty (Cornell University Press 2005).

 

Feminism and The Media, M.A. Fineman, M.T. McCluskey (Oxford University Press 1997).

Mothers in Law: Feminism and the Legal Regulation of Motherhood, M.A. Fineman, I. Karpin (Columbia University Press 1995).

The Public Nature of Private Violence, M.A. Fineman, Roxanne Mykitiuk (Routledge Press 1994).

At the Boundaries of Law: Feminism and Legal Theory, M.A. Fineman, N.S. Thomadsen (Routledge Press 1990) (Re-issued September 2012).