FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY LAW

While feminist perspectives on all areas of life and law are crucial to achieve a just, nuanced and comprehensive understanding of them, some might think that the family and family law are the first, or at least most obvious, places to start. After all, feminism is concerned to ask questions about the lives of women, and the lives of women have traditionally centred upon their families. In fact, feminist perspec- tives have been offered upon family relations since a recognised feminist move- ment began centuries ago. From these, its ‘first waves’, the feminist movement was concerned, among other things, to secure not only women’s political equality with men,...