Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal law and Justice at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Introduction to the EssaysPART I: FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT1. From Individual to Group? A Feminist Analysis of the Limits of Anti-Discrimination Legislation2. Theories of Justice and the Welfare State: A Feminist Critique3. Theory into Practice? Pornography and the Public/Private Dichotomy4. Unspeakable Subjects, Impossible Rights: Sexuality, Integrity and Criminal Law5. Community in Legal Theory: Idea, Ideal or Ideology?PART II: QUESTIONS OF METHOD IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY: WITHIN OR BEYOND CRITIQUE?6. Closure and Critique in Feminist Jurisprudence: Transcending the Dichotomy or a Foot in Both Camps?7. Feminist Legal Theory Beyond Neutrality8. Normative Reconstruction in Socio-Legal Theory

This collection of essays brings together work of a leading figure within feminist legal thought and provides an excellent example of the particular contribution of feminism to analysis of the legal system. The essays engage with, respond to and develop a variety of feminist perspectives upon law and demonstrate the enormous, challenging and exciting task ahead for feminist legal theorists. Jo Bridgeman Modern Law Review September 2002 Lacey exemplifies the best characteristics of British academic writing, namely, a sincere attempt to convey complex positions and arguments as clearly as possible and an uncompromising honesty about her own work which means that her critical gaze is as much directed at her own views as at others. David Dyzenhaus Philosophical Books September 2002 Nicola Laceys essays are lucid and elegantly crafted. I commend them to you. Margaret Thornton Adelaide Law Review September 2002

Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal law and Justice at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Introduction to the EssaysPART I: FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT1. From Individual to Group? A Feminist Analysis of the Limits of Anti-Discrimination Legislation2. Theories of Justice and the Welfare State: A Feminist Critique3. Theory into Practice? Pornography and the Public/Private Dichotomy4. Unspeakable Subjects, Impossible Rights: Sexuality, Integrity and Criminal Law5. Community in Legal Theory: Idea, Ideal or Ideology?PART II: QUESTIONS OF METHOD IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY: WITHIN OR BEYOND CRITIQUE?6. Closure and Critique in Feminist Jurisprudence: Transcending the Dichotomy or a Foot in Both Camps?7. Feminist Legal Theory Beyond Neutrality8. Normative Reconstruction in Socio-Legal Theory

This collection of essays brings together work of a leading figure within feminist legal thought and provides an excellent example of the particular contribution of feminism to analysis of the legal system. The essays engage with, respond to and develop a variety of feminist perspectives upon law and demonstrate the enormous, challenging and exciting task ahead for feminist legal theorists. Jo Bridgeman Modern Law Review September 2002 Lacey exemplifies the best characteristics of British academic writing, namely, a sincere attempt to convey complex positions and arguments as clearly as possible and an uncompromising honesty about her own work which means that her critical gaze is as much directed at her own views as at others. David Dyzenhaus Philosophical Books September 2002 Nicola Laceys essays are lucid and elegantly crafted. I commend them to you. Margaret Thornton Adelaide Law Review September 2002

Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal law and Justice at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Introduction to the EssaysPART I: FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT1. From Individual to Group? A Feminist Analysis of the Limits of Anti-Discrimination Legislation2. Theories of Justice and the Welfare State: A Feminist Critique3. Theory into Practice? Pornography and the Public/Private Dichotomy4. Unspeakable Subjects, Impossible Rights: Sexuality, Integrity and Criminal Law5. Community in Legal Theory: Idea, Ideal or Ideology?PART II: QUESTIONS OF METHOD IN FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY: WITHIN OR BEYOND CRITIQUE?6. Closure and Critique in Feminist Jurisprudence: Transcending the Dichotomy or a Foot in Both Camps?7. Feminist Legal Theory Beyond Neutrality8. Normative Reconstruction in Socio-Legal Theory

This collection of essays brings together work of a leading figure within feminist legal thought and provides an excellent example of the particular contribution of feminism to analysis of the legal system. The essays engage with, respond to and develop a variety of feminist perspectives upon law and demonstrate the enormous, challenging and exciting task ahead for feminist legal theorists. Jo Bridgeman Modern Law Review September 2002 Lacey exemplifies the best characteristics of British academic writing, namely, a sincere attempt to convey complex positions and arguments as clearly as possible and an uncompromising honesty about her own work which means that her critical gaze is as much directed at her own views as at others. David Dyzenhaus Philosophical Books September 2002 Nicola Laceys essays are lucid and elegantly crafted. I commend them to you. Margaret Thornton Adelaide Law Review September 2002