Statistics and contemporary commentary show how marriage, once the ultimate and only acceptable status for women, has declined in social significance to such an extent that today it is a mere lifestyle choice. The book is divided into three sections, each prefaced by a … School of Law, University of Reading, Foxhill House, Whiteknights Road, Reading,, RG6 7BA, UKDepartment of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, Private bag X20, Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, South AfricaYou can also search for this author in

Smart’s caution against the development of a feminist jurisprudence is critically analysed with the benefit of hindsight. Heterosexism. The analysis of criminal prosecutions of domestic violence offences reported here supports Smart’s earlier findings that women and children who seek redress through the criminal justice process find the process at best ambivalent and at worst, destructive. By Carol Smart. The word ‘heterosexism’ derives directly from the feminist creation of the term ‘sexism’ during the late 1960s. Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK. The Connectedness Thesis and Class and Gender The Connectedness Thesis The personal life perspectives critique the individualisation thesis and offer an alternative.

She suggests that it may be difficult to deconstruct legal method, even by focussing on law in practice, and as a result it may be difficult to successfully challenge law’s truth claims in this way. Year; Feminism and the Power of Law. In her work on how people conduct their personal lives, in couple and parent–child relationships as well as with wider kin and friendship networks, she remains fascinated by “how law influences our personal lives” and “how and why we often turn to law for solutions to personal dilemmas” (Smart From that 2010 Marrakech workshop the editors of this special issue of Against the background of Smart’s call for feminists to use non-legal strategies rather than looking to law to bring about women’s liberation, with reference to the example of marriage in England and Wales, Rosemary Auchmuty contends that Smart was right. Carol Smart is a sociologist, whose early work (Women, Crime and Criminology, 1976, and Women, Sexuality and Social Control, 1978, with Barry Smart) made a huge impact on the male-dominated disciplines of criminology and socio-legal studies and helped to establish a legal presence in the developing field of women’s studies. Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life, University of Manchester. In Law, Crime and Sexuality leading feminist theorist Carol Smart brings together a selection of her work specifically compiled for the needs of students to help them understand the law in conceptual terms, whilst enabling them to become fully aware of the extent to which the law is part of our everyday lives. $10.50, Social Work, Vo We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. 2012. Cited by. However, she also shows how, in the Queensland context, women sometimes find their way to feminism and personal empowerment by going to law.Rosemary Hunter analyses two feminist judgment-writing projects, the Women’s Court of Canada (WCC), and the Feminist Judgments Project (FJP) in England, in light of Carol Smart’s feminist critique of law and legal reform and her proposed feminist strategies in Karin van Marle engages with Smart’s main claims by way of a number of other thinkers. Family and Personal Life. The first usage of the term heterosexism is given as 1979 by the Oxford English Dictionary and it is defined as ‘prejudice and… ‘Professor Carol Smart’. Such findings challenge the notion of the pure relationship.

Articles Cited by. Verified email at manchester.ac.uk. 208 pp. the creation of patriarchy (1986); carol gilligan, in a different voice: psychological theory and women's development (1982); carol smart, feminism and the power of law (1989); patricia j. williams, the alchemy of race and rights (1991): patricia hill collins, black feminist thought: knowledge, consciousness, £4.95. For Auchmuty, the primary catalyst for change was the feminist critique that called for the abandonment (rather than the reform) of the institution and made the unmarried state possible for women. The Sociology or Personal Life is a theory created by Carol Smart recognising how families and households have moved away from traditional ideology and headed towards a more intimate and meaningful experience for individuals. This data will be updated every 24 hours.Check if you have access via personal or institutional loginCheck if you have access via personal or institutional login Special Issue: Carol Smart’s An Analysis of Carol Smart’s Theory: Feminism and the Power of Law. This special issue of a journal dedicated to its pursuit celebrates Carol Smart’s role in making feminist legal studies—not to speak of socio-legal studies generally—accepted and, indeed, influential. Typically criminologists have either been content to sub-sume discussion of women offenders under ‘general’ theories, that is to say C Smart… She explores the context of current criminal prosecutions of domestic violence offences in Queensland, Australia.