In an era of technology, health crisis and transnational thinking, this course covers cutting edge issues, such as gender discrimination through algorithms, sexual harassment after #metoo, reproductive rights and strategic litigation and how feminist legal theory questions the way the law is constructed and applied according to stereotypical views of identity and systemic discrimination. The seminar investigates how queer theory influences the legal field by rejecting a binary view of identity and encompassing issues challenging LGBTQI groups. What do we learn from these different legal standpoints as we encounter changes in family, criminal and employment law? Does queer theory influence gender law? Are there new ways to consider legal concepts such as consent, personal autonomy, and intersectionality?
Marie MERCAT BRUNS
Séminaire
English
Spring 2023-2024
Final paper (email sent by last class; 10 pages minimum (double spaced, no maximum length) on topic of choice, (a case, a law or a controversy). After discussion with me through individual zoom meeting. Outline due by email Evaluation: Commitment 10%; Final Paper 50 % MidTerm: (25%) & questions for each class + controversy: 15%
Mercat-Bruns, Oppenheimer, Sartorius, Enforcement and Effectiveness of Antidiscrimination Law: Challenges and Innovative Tools Springer 2018
Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations Edited by Martha Albertson Fineman, Jack E. Jackson, Adam P. Romero (2009)
Mercat-Bruns, Marie. Discrimination at Work: Comparing European, French, and American Law. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/luminos.11(free e-book to download)