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1 Feminism and Legal Theory Conversation: Comparative and International Law, May 11 and 12, 2001, Cornell Law School [i] (2001)

handle is hein.peggy/felgthcon0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FEMINISM AND LEGAL THEORY CONVERSATION: COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW May 11 and 12, 2001 Cornell Law School, Myron Taylor Hall Weiss Faculty Lounge Friday, May 11 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Historical and Theoretical Overview * What is the history of feminist intervention in international and comparative law and (how) has it affected the relationship between the disciplines? * What are the points of tension between feminist and mainstream perspectives? Between different feminist approaches? * Is feminism relevant now? What feminism? What questions might a new feminist international or comparative law address? How would it address them? Papers for Discussion: Karen Engle, Feminist Perceptions of Structural Bias in International Law Annelise Riles, Introduction: The Projects of Comparison Discussion framed by Annelise Riles and Karen Engle. Commentator/Facilitator: Martha Fineman 6:30 PM - vegetarian dinner at Martha Fineman's house - 204 Sunrise Road, Ithaca -after-dinner reading of Public Secrets From Peru, a play by Billie Jean Isbell Saturday, May 12 9 AM - 10:30 AM - Grand Theory and Local Knowledge . How do international lawyers and comparative lawyers differently navigate the relationship between grand theory and local knowledge? * What does this tension say about the matrix of ideas and political positions that constitute these disciplines? * What might feminist theory and feminist ethnography have to say about international and comparative legal method? * What new approaches usefully embrace and exploit this tension? Papers for Discussion: Vivian Curran, Cultural Immersion, Diference and Categories in U.S. Comparative Law Ratna Kapur, International/Post-colonial Feminist Legal Politics Discussion framed by, Ratna Kapur, Vivian Curran Commentator/ Facilitator: Vasuki Nesiah

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