SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

The Feminist Judgements Project.

The UK Feminist Judgments Project and other feminist judgment-writing projects provide a fruitful source of both empirical data and theoretical reflections on processes of feminist judg(e)ment.  In this paper I consider the extent to which a feminist ethics of care has informed – or might inform – feminist judging, and the potential value and limitations of such an approach.

Biography

Rosemary Hunter is a Professor of Law at the University of Kent, where she teaches family law and ‘law in action’. She is the current chair of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, and editor of the online open access journal feminists@law.  She was one of the organisers of the UK Feminist Judgments Project and has co-edited the book arising from the project: Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice (Hart Publishing, 2010).