Feminist Legal Studies

Journals

Special Issues on Feminist Jurisprudence

Databases

Annotated Bibliographies

Journals

A number of journals are devoted to feminist perspectives on law. Although the Centre does NOT hold all of the following titles, the UBC Library holds almost all of the journals, mostly at the Law Library but also at Koerner Library. Other journals can be accessed using the inter-library loan system. Many journals are accessible online via UBC E-Journals. You can browse current issues of journals in the Reserve Section of the Law Library.

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law (formerly American University
Journal of Gender and the Law)
Australian Feminist Law Journal
Berkeley Women's Law Journal
Buffalo Women's Law Journal
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (in Reserve)
Cardozo Women's Law Journal
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
Duke Journal of Gender, Law and Policy
Feminist Legal Studies (UK)
Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law
Harvard Women's Law Journal
Hastings Women's Law Journal
Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice
Law and Inequality
Margins: Marylands Law Journal on Race, Religion, Gender and Class
Michigan Journal of Gender and the Law
National Law School of India Journal on Feminism and Law (not available at UBC)
Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies
Texas Journal of Women and the Law
UCLA Women's Law Journal
William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law
Wisconsin Women's Law Journal
Women and Criminal Justice
Women/Pay Equity Employment Law News (formerly Women's Employment Law)
Women Lawyers Journal
Women's Law Reporter (Loyola)
Women's Rights Law Reporter
Yale Journal of Law and Feminism

Journals such as Social and Legal Studies, Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Canadian Woman Studies, Signs, Jurisfemme, Law and Sexuality, the Australasian Gay & Lesbian Law Journal (formerly the Australian GLLJ), Law in Context, National Journal of Sexual Orientation, Law and Contemporary Problems , New York University Review of Law & Social Change and Law and Critique also often publish feminist law work.

Special Issues on Feminist Jurisprudence

A number of journals have published special issues on feminist legal scholarship. These include (a sample of recent issues or important topics only):

30th Anniversary Symposium: Celebrating 30 Years of Women's Rights Law: Tribute to Women Lawyers and Activists (2002) 23 Women's Rights Law Reporter 207-253.

Black Women Law Professors: Building A Community at the Intersection of Race and Gender, (1990-91) 6 Berkeley Women's Law Journal 1-201.

Can Feminists use the Law to Effect Social Change in the 1990s? (1993) 87 Northwestern University Law Review 1252-1301 (Summer).

Contexts and Contraditions: Feminism and Social Change, (1998) 10(2) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

Critical Race Feminism: Preparing Legal Thought for the 21st Century, ( 2000) 3 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 1-657.

Discovering Our Connections: Race and Gender in Theory and Practice of Law, (1993) 1 American University Journal of Gender & the Law.

Domestic Violence, (1997) 33(4) Willamette Law Review 767-998.

Feminism and the Law, (1994) 19(4) Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 816-1083.

Feminism and the Criminal Law, (2001) 4 Buffalo Criminal Law.

Feminism in Transition, (1997) 9(1)) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

Feminist Interventions in International Law: Reflections on the Past and Strategies for the Future, (1997) 19(1) Adelaide Law Review 1-93.

Feminist Jurisprudence and Political Vision, (1999) 24 Law & Soc. Inquiry 443.

Feminist Legal Theory, Feminist Law Making, and the Legal Profession, (1998) 67 Fordham L. Rev. 249.

Feminist Reflections on Litigation, (1998) 10(1) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

Feminist Theory and Legal Strategy, (1993) 20(1) Journal of Law & Society.

Frontiers of Legal Thought: Gender, Race and Culture in the Law, [1991] Duke Law Journal 271-412.

Gender and the Law (1998) 22 Law and Human Behavior 1-143.

Gender, Race and the Politics of Supreme Court Appointments: The Import of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings, (1992) 65 Southern California Law Review 1279-1582.

InterSEXionality Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Queering Legal Theory, (1998) 75 Denver University Law Review 1321.

Intersexions: The Legal & Social Construction of Sexual Orientation, (1997) 48 Hastings Law Journal 1387.

Invisibility and Resistance: Women's Voices, (1997) 9(2) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

In your midst: Contributions of Women of Color in the Law, (1993) 28 Harvard CR-CL Law Review 295-503 (Summer).

Issues relating to women and the law: Symposium, (1993) 7 Auckland University Law Review 471-525.

Law and Sexuality, (1995) 8(1) Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.

Law, Culture and the Questions of Feminism: Special Issue, (1999) 13 Australian Feminist Law Journal.

Law, Feminism and Sexuality, (1995) 8(1) Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.

Law, Feminism and the Legal Profession, (1998) 50 Maine Law Review 337.

Law, Feminism & the Twenty-First Century, (1998) 50 Maine Law Review 201-498.

Lesbianism, Feminism and Law, (1994) 7(2) Canadian Journal of Women & the Law.

Race, gender and economic justice, (1997) University of Cincinnati Law Review 765-852.

Racism... Talking Out, (1993) 6(1) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 1-244.

Sexual Orientation, (1998) 8(2) UCLA Women's Law Journal 165-403.

Subversive Legacies: Learning from History/Constructing the Future, ( 2003) 13 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 1-484.

Symposium on the Structures of Care Work, (2001) 76(3) Chicago Kent Law Review 1289-786.

Symposium on Twenty-Five Years of Roe v. Wade: The Legal Evolution of Reproductive Freedom and Prenatal Rights, (1999) 62 Albany Law Review 1057.

Symposium on Unfinished Feminist Business (2000) 75 Chicago-Kent Law Review 659-1014.

Taxing Women: thoughts on a gendered economy, (1997) 6(2) Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 287-610.

The Future of Intersectionality and Critical Race Feminism, (2001) 11(2) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 677-936.

The Languages of Race, Feminism, Anthropology and Philosophy: Translating for the Legal Skills Classroom: Symposium, (2000) 34(1) John Marshall Law Review 1-319.

Transgressing Borders: Women's Bodies, Identities and Families, (2001) 36(1) New England Law Review 1-179.

Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About it, (2000) 49(4)
American University Law Review 823-1021.

UNHCR symposium on gender-based persecution: Geneva, 22-23 February 1996, (1997) International Journal of Refugee Law 1-251.

Violence Against Women, (1995) 8(1) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

What sort of equality should women want? (1998) 9 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 1-320.

Women and Poverty: The Challenge for Social and Economic Rights, (2002) 14(1) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

Women, Family and Law, (1994) 28(3) Law and Society Review 511-82 (contains international material).

Women, Imperialism and Identity, (1998) 21(3) Women's Studies International Forum.

Women in Prison, (1998) 24(2) New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 339-453.

Women, Justice, and Authority (2002) 14 Yale Journal of Law and Feminism 213-451.

Women's Rights as Human Rights: Intersectional Issues of Race and Gender Facing Women of Colour, (2001) 28(3) Southern University Law Review 201-287.

Many databases containing feminist legal literature are available through the UBC Library website. Note the scope of each database, especially as some databases do not cover many Canadian journals.

The most useful databases include:

Index to Legal Periodicals
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
LegalTrac
LexisNexis Academic

Literature on feminism or women and the law can also be found in some social science or humanities databases, including:

Philosopher's Index
International Political Science Abstracts
PAIS International
Women's Resources International
Criminal Justice Abstracts

Note that the UBC Library has a subject guide for legal indices and databases. The homepage of the UBC Law Library is also a very useful starting point.

Quicklaw, Lexis and Westlaw are also helpful, particularly since they include the full text of all articles held in their databases, but note that many Canadian sources are not covered in Lexis and Westlaw. Quicklaw provides access to: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.

Literature and information on feminism and the law can also be found using online databases published by other libraries, agencies and non-governmental organizations. The most useful online sources include:

Women's Human Rights Resources
National Association of Women and the Law
Womenspace.ca
Status of Women Canada
WebLaw - Women and the Law
Feminist Perspectives on Law

 

Please note: the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies has a Feminist Bibliography Collection available in the CFLS Resource Centre.

* Bouchard, Josee, Susan B. Boyd and Elizabeth A. Sheehy. Canadian Feminist Literature on Law: An Annotated Bibliography; 1980-1998 in French, 1988-1998 in English. (1999) 11(1&2) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (on reserve in Law Library).

* Sheehy, Elizabeth A. and Susan B. Boyd. Canadian Feminist Perspectives on Law: An Annotated Bibliography of Interdisciplinary Writings. Toronto: Resources for Feminist Research, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1989), 79 pp.

* Brockman, Joan and Dorothy E. Chunn, with Sue Chambers and Lenore Aspell. Selected Annotated Bibliography on How to Study Gender Bias in the Law, the Courts and the Legal Profession. Burnaby, B.C.: Feminist Institute for Studies on Law and Society, Simon Fraser University, 1992.

* Cook, Rebecca. A Select Bibliography of Women's Human Rights. New York: New York University, 1992. ZHQ1236. C66 1992.

* DeCoste, F.C., Karen Munro, and Lillian MacPherson. Feminist Legal Literature: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Publishers, 1991, x, 499 pp.

* Diamond, Valerie Frances. "Women in law: a novel approach, 1980-1996; an annotated bibliography of selected works of fiction featuring women in the legal profession," (1997) 16(1) Legal Reference Services Quarterly 9-30.

* Holland, F.S. Feminist Jurisprudence: Emerging from Plato's Cave - A Research Guide. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996. KB213 H65 1996.

* Reich, Pauline C. "Women and the Law: An Annotated Internet-Based Bibliography for U.S. and International Legal Research" (1996) 6 Texas J. of Women & L. 143.

* Taylor, Betty W., Sharon Rush, Robert John Munro. Feminist Jurisprudence, Women and the Law: Critical essays, research agenda and bibliography. (Rothman, 1999).

* Women and the Law (four brief reviews) (Bibliography), (2003) 28 Law and Social Inquiry 611-612.

* "Women of color in legal academia: a biographic and bibliographic guide," (1993) 16 Harvard Women's Law Journal 1-78.

Many thanks to Patricia Cochran (LLB UBC 2004) and Kerry Lynn Okita (LLB II UBC) for updating this version.