GSFS 403 Feminisms and the Law

3 credits · Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St · Faculty of Arts · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Examines the relationship between feminisms and the law by drawing on feminist legal theory, feminist theories of jurisprudence, post coloniality, critical race epistemologies, and decolonizing methodologies for studying legal culture and law as a site of social struggles.

Prerequisites

GSFS 200 OR GSFS 250 and any GSFS 300 level course

Prerequisite courses: GSFS 200, GSFS 250

Restrictions

Not open to students who have taken WMST 501 when the topic was “Feminist Legal Theory”. Students are required to take the intro course(s) and one GSFS course at the 300 level before taking GSFS courses at the 400 level.

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