Feminist Law

Professor Colin Murray examines a recent ruling by Northern Ireland's High Court on the 1997 murder of GAA official Sean Brown through the lens of feminist jurisprudence. The idea of a feminist judgment, or indeed a feminist judge, remains a scary thought for many lawyers. Judges are to be detached

A feminist legal initiative aiming to research complex issues of law and gender across these islands has been awarded funding under the government's Shared Island programme. Dr Maebh Harding of University College Dublin (UCD) is leading the Doing Feminist Legal Work (DFLW) project, which will bring