Feminist Constitutionalism Global Perspectives

Constitutionalism affirms the idea that democracy should not lead to the violation of human rights or the oppression of minorities. This book aims to explore the relationship between constitutional law and feminism. The contributors offer a spectrum of approaches and the analysis is set across a wide range of topics, including both familiar ones like reproductive rights and marital status, and emerging issues such as a new societal approach to household labor and participation of women in constitutional discussions online. The book is divided into five parts: I) feminism as a challenge to constitutional theory; II) feminism and judging; III) feminism, democracy, and political participation; IV) the constitutionalism of reproductive rights; and V) women's rights, multiculturalism, and diversity. As a collection, the book seeks to examine, challenge and indeed redefine the very idea of constitutionalism from a feminist perspective.

• Contains 28 chapters about various countries and by authors from various countries

• Includes a foreword written by a pre-eminent feminist theorist, Catherine MacKinnon

• Addresses both familiar topics such as reproductive rights and marital status and emerging issues such as new societal approaches to household labor and the participation of women in constitutional discussions online