Onko ’oikeus ja sukupuoli’ oikeudenala?
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Is ‘law and gender’ a legal discipline?
Law and gender, feminist legal studies or gender studies in law, or even gender jurisprudence – a beloved child has many names. The article discusses the development of law and gender in relation to general gender studies. More particularly, it is asked whether law and gender can be considered a legal discipline. Gender studies has already established its position as a separate branch of scholarship, but it also has a crucial influence over law and gender studies. The conclusion in the article is that anti-discrimination law has distinguished itself from other traditional legal disciplines, which are defined according to the object of regulation. The development of gender studies as a discipline with its own theory and methodology in the study of construction of sex, gender and sexuality suggests, however, that gender and law is relevant in all fields of law.
