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GENDER, SEXUALITY AND THE LAW

Module code: LW421
Credits: 10
Semester: 2
Department: LAW
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	Overview
	This module examines, and encourages you to discuss, the interconnections between law, policy, gender, and sexuality. We will start by focusing on key concepts in feminist and queer legal theory, such as the dominance of the heterosexual family; the gendered subject of law; and intersectional inequalities. We will then relate these theories to current issues: diverse family formations; sexual violence; transgender rights; reproductive justice. Finally, we tackle the really big questions. Should we use the law to change the law? Are rights really any use? What is neo-liberalism and how does this relate to gender?

Overview

This module examines, and encourages you to discuss, the interconnections between law, policy, gender, and sexuality. We will start by focusing on key concepts in feminist and queer legal theory, such as the dominance of the heterosexual family; the gendered subject of law; and intersectional inequalities. We will then relate these theories to current issues: diverse family formations; sexual violence; transgender rights; reproductive justice. Finally, we tackle the really big questions. Should we use the law to change the law? Are rights really any use? What is neo-liberalism and how does this relate to gender?

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between law gender and sexuality� Demonstrate an appreciation of the significance of feminist and queer theory for understanding the contemporary formation of legal and political norms Critically analyse the relationship between right-based claims, claims for sexual citizenship, neoliberal approaches to rights and social inclusion within legal discussions of gender and sexuality� Critically identify the wide range of influences on legal discourse, policy, and law-making in relation to gender and sexuality, including concepts from political theory, the social sciences, contemporary culture and the humanities, and dominant ideas from the sciences� Demonstrate an appreciation of the intersection of concepts of gender and sexuality with concepts of race, religion, disability and class and the effects of those intersections on legal theory, practice, and activism

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