Catharine MacKinnon and freedom of expression in North America
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1998
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Loux, A.
- Thesaurus
- pornografie, feminisme, Verenigde Staten, Canada, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This article re-situates Catharine MacKinnon and her work on pornography in the particular and peculiar social, cultural and legal context from which it emerged, the United States. The article asks why MacKinnon's controversial work is so popular amongst a segment of US women law students, seeking an explanation in the culture, politics and educational practices of the self-proclaimed 'elite' law schools of the U.S. academy. The article goes on to examine the Canadian experience of incorporating MacKinnon's pornography theory into constitutional law and the recent case brought by the gay and lesbian bookstore, ittle Sisters. The article concludes with a discussion of the lessons that can be learned by British feminists from the North American experience as we prepare to create a uniquely British culture of rights with the incorporation of the ECHR.