 | Exploiting the Limits of Law: Swedish Feminism and the Challenge to Pessimism Subjects: Law; Social Sciences; European (EC) Law; Socio-Legal Studies; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Sociology & Social Policy; Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law; Gender Studies; Moving beyond the question of whether an area of scholarly investigation can truly be characterized as 'legal', Exploiting the Limits of Law combats the often unhelpful constraints of law's subject-matter and formal processes. Through a process of reflection on the limits of law and repeated efforts to redraw them, this book challenges the general sense of pessimism among feminists and others about the usefulness of law as an instrument of change. The work combines theoretical analysis of the law's boundaries with investigation of the practical settings for changing legal and policy environments. Both the empirical focus of this volume, and its underlying theoretical concern with the limits of the law and its gender implications, render it of interest to legal scholars throughout the world, whether of EU law, feminism, social policy or philosophy. Ã...sa Gunnarsson is Professor of Tax Law at UmeÃ¥ University, Sweden. Eva-Maria Svensson is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Göteborg, Sweden, and Professor of Law at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Margaret Davies is Professor of Law at Flinders University, Australia. |
