Feminist Constitutionalism (LAW-DS-FEMCON-24)
LAW-DS-FEMCON-24
| Department |
LAW |
| Course category |
LAW Short Seminar |
| Course type |
Seminar |
| Academic year |
2024-2025 |
| Term |
2ND TERM |
| Credits |
3 (EUI Law credits) |
| Professors |
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| Contact |
Law Department administration,
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| Course materials |
| Sessions |
10/01/2025 11:00-13:00 @ Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati
17/01/2025 11:00-13:00 @ Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati
24/01/2025 11:00-13:00 @ Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati
31/01/2025 11:00-13:00 @ Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati
07/02/2025 11:00-13:00 @ Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati
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Description
At a time of intense gender equality retrogression and backlash, this course introduces students to feminist constitutionalism as a repository of tools for resistance.
The course begins by discussing different schools of feminist thought and their relationship to constitutionalism, as well as the difference between feminist constitutionalism and a broader gender and constitutionalism approach. The remaining four seminars will discuss, in turn: the constitutionalization of reproductive rights; political representation, parity, and gender quotas in constitutional and legislative processes; feminist judging in action; and, finally, LGBTQI+ rights as a feminist issue.
The course will blend more theoretical and conceptual readings with selected case law drawn from a variety of jurisdictions in both the Global North and South. At the end of the course, students will be invited to play feminist constitution-maker and write a one-page memo on a single reform issue they would like to see adopted in order to advance gender equality in their chosen country.
Reading list: https://readinglist.eui.eu/leganto/public/39EUI_INST/lists/2258513520008406?auth=SAML&idpCode=SAML_LEGANTO
First, Second & Third Term: registration from 26 to 30 September 2024
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