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Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence
Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28101 Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence Van Marle, Karin yvonne.jooste@up.ac.za Jooste, Yvonne Post-apartheid Feminist Jurisprudence UCTD Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011. This dissertation involves contemplations and reflections on a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence. My contemplation of a feminist jurisprudence takes place within the broader search for a post-apartheid jurisprudence. Post-apartheid jurisprudence provides a critical context for the contemplation. Within this research I illustrate the existence of a masculine symbolic order in South Africa. I suggest that this order contributes to the marginalisation of women and as such problematisation of this order is required. I submit within this dissertation that although the post-apartheid jurisprudential context may be described as critical, challenge to the masculine symbolic order has not been sufficient. From this perspective, I consider the possibility of a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence. The reflections on a feminist jurisprudence depart from ethical feminism as originally formulated by Drucilla Cornell. The heterogeneity and plurality of the South African society requires an approach that is sensitive to difference and diversity. Ethical feminism seeks to address marginality and the masculine symbolic order by making use of critical and deconstructive insights. It suggests a way of interpreting 'the feminine' as a means of bringing about transformation and openness to difference. I submit within this research that ethical feminism as an approach is suitable to the South African context and that it may contribute to post-apartheid jurisprudence's critical search for approaches to law. Ethical feminism suggests using the feminine affirmatively and allegorically. Along these lines I explore certain myths and narratives, amongst them, retellings of the Greek myths of Ariadne and Penelope, the testimony of a mother before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and William Shakespeare's character Ophelia. In attempting an interpretation of the feminine, I explore the theme of 'refusal'. Refusal discloses new possibilities, options and alternatives. It also signifies a feminist jurisprudence that is continuous, transformative and unafraid of embracing uncertainty and humility. Jurisprudence LLM Unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:52:12Z 2011-12-07 2013-09-07T12:52:12Z 2011-09-08 2011-12-07 2011-09-21 Dissertation Jooste, Y 2011-12-07, Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence, LLM Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28101> E11/9/66/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28101 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09212011-132518/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Post-apartheid Feminist Jurisprudence UCTD Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| title | Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| title_full | Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| title_fullStr | Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| title_short | Contemplating a post-apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| title_sort | contemplating a post apartheid feminist jurisprudence |
| topic | Post-apartheid Feminist Jurisprudence UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28101 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09212011-132518/ |