Barbara Havelková is the Shaw Foundation Fellow in Law at the University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction Part I: State Socialism2. The Three Stages of Regulation of Women and Gender 3. State-Socialist Law and Rights 4. Equality as Socio-Economic Levelling 5. Blindness to Gender and Patriarchy Part II: Post-Socialism6. Women and Gender After 1989 7. Post-Socialist Law and Rights 8. Equality and Anti-Discrimination after 1989: Resisting the Ideas and the Legal Concepts 9. Wanted: Gender and Feminism 10. Conclusions

This is the first book since 1989 to apply a feminist and critical studies methodology to the legal system of a CEE country. It is therefore indispensable to any scholar writing about gender and equality in CEE and a must–read for anyone with an interest in understanding the CEE legal culture(s) and societies.

Barbara Havelková is the Shaw Foundation Fellow in Law at the University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction Part I: State Socialism2. The Three Stages of Regulation of Women and Gender 3. State-Socialist Law and Rights 4. Equality as Socio-Economic Levelling 5. Blindness to Gender and Patriarchy Part II: Post-Socialism6. Women and Gender After 1989 7. Post-Socialist Law and Rights 8. Equality and Anti-Discrimination after 1989: Resisting the Ideas and the Legal Concepts 9. Wanted: Gender and Feminism 10. Conclusions

This is the first book since 1989 to apply a feminist and critical studies methodology to the legal system of a CEE country. It is therefore indispensable to any scholar writing about gender and equality in CEE and a must–read for anyone with an interest in understanding the CEE legal culture(s) and societies.

Barbara Havelková is the Shaw Foundation Fellow in Law at the University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction Part I: State Socialism2. The Three Stages of Regulation of Women and Gender 3. State-Socialist Law and Rights 4. Equality as Socio-Economic Levelling 5. Blindness to Gender and Patriarchy Part II: Post-Socialism6. Women and Gender After 1989 7. Post-Socialist Law and Rights 8. Equality and Anti-Discrimination after 1989: Resisting the Ideas and the Legal Concepts 9. Wanted: Gender and Feminism 10. Conclusions

This is the first book since 1989 to apply a feminist and critical studies methodology to the legal system of a CEE country. It is therefore indispensable to any scholar writing about gender and equality in CEE and a must–read for anyone with an interest in understanding the CEE legal culture(s) and societies.