Elisabetta R. Bertolino has completed a doctorate in law and legal theory at Birkbeck Law School in London, UK, where she has also taught seminars in jurisprudence and criminal law. Currently, she teaches legal subjects at the University of Palermo, Italy. She has been interested in the theme of the voice and the work of Adriana Cavarero for several years, and conducted an interview with the Italian philosopher which was published in differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies in 2008.

• OverviewAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I The voice and its possibilities of resistance1 Can one speak in one’s own voice? One's voice and the critique and resistance of the law: a review of the literature 1.1 Resistance in terms of justice as fairness 1.2 Resistance and the good standard of human function1.3 Resistance through critical ruptures in Judith Butler1.4 Resistance through the voice in Adriana Cavarero1.5 The Arendtian root of awareness of oneself and Butler’s ethical approach1.6 The voice’s engagement with and disengagement from lawConclusionPart II The voice beyond sexual difference2 The ambivalence of wounds, consent and the integrity of the body2.1 Law and the impossibility of consent2.2 The case of Re MB (Caesarean Section)2.3 Law and the idea of bodily integrity2.4 The cut in relation to the subject 2.5 One’s corporeal voice2.6 The ambivalence in the cut Conclusion 3 Objectification and voice in sex work 3.1 Law, objectifi cation and women in the sex industry3.2 Speculating on objectifi cation3.3 The focus on the voice in relation to objectifi cationConclusionPart III The ethical justice of the voice4 Moving away from justice as resentment4.1 Predictable Medea and resentment4.2 The subject of resentment4.3 Resisting the subject of resentment in feminism4.4 Forgiveness: conditionality, unconditionality and circulationConclusion and progression in chaptersConcluding remarksBibliographyIndex

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Elisabetta R. Bertolino has completed a doctorate in law and legal theory at Birkbeck Law School in London, UK, where she has also taught seminars in jurisprudence and criminal law. Currently, she teaches legal subjects at the University of Palermo, Italy. She has been interested in the theme of the voice and the work of Adriana Cavarero for several years, and conducted an interview with the Italian philosopher which was published in differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies in 2008.

• OverviewAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I The voice and its possibilities of resistance1 Can one speak in one’s own voice? One's voice and the critique and resistance of the law: a review of the literature 1.1 Resistance in terms of justice as fairness 1.2 Resistance and the good standard of human function1.3 Resistance through critical ruptures in Judith Butler1.4 Resistance through the voice in Adriana Cavarero1.5 The Arendtian root of awareness of oneself and Butler’s ethical approach1.6 The voice’s engagement with and disengagement from lawConclusionPart II The voice beyond sexual difference2 The ambivalence of wounds, consent and the integrity of the body2.1 Law and the impossibility of consent2.2 The case of Re MB (Caesarean Section)2.3 Law and the idea of bodily integrity2.4 The cut in relation to the subject 2.5 One’s corporeal voice2.6 The ambivalence in the cut Conclusion 3 Objectification and voice in sex work 3.1 Law, objectifi cation and women in the sex industry3.2 Speculating on objectifi cation3.3 The focus on the voice in relation to objectifi cationConclusionPart III The ethical justice of the voice4 Moving away from justice as resentment4.1 Predictable Medea and resentment4.2 The subject of resentment4.3 Resisting the subject of resentment in feminism4.4 Forgiveness: conditionality, unconditionality and circulationConclusion and progression in chaptersConcluding remarksBibliographyIndex

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Elisabetta R. Bertolino has completed a doctorate in law and legal theory at Birkbeck Law School in London, UK, where she has also taught seminars in jurisprudence and criminal law. Currently, she teaches legal subjects at the University of Palermo, Italy. She has been interested in the theme of the voice and the work of Adriana Cavarero for several years, and conducted an interview with the Italian philosopher which was published in differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies in 2008.

• OverviewAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I The voice and its possibilities of resistance1 Can one speak in one’s own voice? One's voice and the critique and resistance of the law: a review of the literature 1.1 Resistance in terms of justice as fairness 1.2 Resistance and the good standard of human function1.3 Resistance through critical ruptures in Judith Butler1.4 Resistance through the voice in Adriana Cavarero1.5 The Arendtian root of awareness of oneself and Butler’s ethical approach1.6 The voice’s engagement with and disengagement from lawConclusionPart II The voice beyond sexual difference2 The ambivalence of wounds, consent and the integrity of the body2.1 Law and the impossibility of consent2.2 The case of Re MB (Caesarean Section)2.3 Law and the idea of bodily integrity2.4 The cut in relation to the subject 2.5 One’s corporeal voice2.6 The ambivalence in the cut Conclusion 3 Objectification and voice in sex work 3.1 Law, objectifi cation and women in the sex industry3.2 Speculating on objectifi cation3.3 The focus on the voice in relation to objectifi cationConclusionPart III The ethical justice of the voice4 Moving away from justice as resentment4.1 Predictable Medea and resentment4.2 The subject of resentment4.3 Resisting the subject of resentment in feminism4.4 Forgiveness: conditionality, unconditionality and circulationConclusion and progression in chaptersConcluding remarksBibliographyIndex

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