Robin West
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Robin West is the Frederick J. Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research and Academic Programs) at the Georgetown University Law Center
. West's research is primarily concerned with feminist legal theory, constitutional law
and theory, philosophy of law, and the law and literature
movement.
West holds a B.A. and a J.D. (1979) from the University of Maryland
and a masters in judicial studies from Stanford. West came to Georgetown after teaching at the University of Maryland Law School from 1986-1991, and at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
from 1982-1985.
West is best known for her work in the Ethic of Care and feminist legal theory
. West has argued that the liberal view of people as autonomous individuals is only superficially true from a masculine perspective in her most famous work, Jurisprudence and Gender.
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
. West's research is primarily concerned with feminist legal theory, constitutional law
Constitutional law
Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
and theory, philosophy of law, and the law and literature
Law and literature
The law and literature movement focuses on the interdisciplinary connection between law and literature. This field has roots in two major developments in the intellectual history of law -- first, the growing doubt about whether law in isolation is a source of value and meaning, or whether it must...
movement.
West holds a B.A. and a J.D. (1979) from the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
and a masters in judicial studies from Stanford. West came to Georgetown after teaching at the University of Maryland Law School from 1986-1991, and at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
The Cleveland–Marshall College of Law is the law school of Cleveland State University, located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897 which, in 1946, merged with the John Marshall School of Law, founded in 1916, to become Cleveland–Marshall...
from 1982-1985.
West is best known for her work in the Ethic of Care and feminist legal theory
Feminist legal theory
Feminist legal theory is based on the belief that the law has been instrumental in women's historical subordination. The project of feminist legal theory is twofold. First, feminist jurisprudence seeks to explain ways in which the law played a role in women's former subordinate status...
. West has argued that the liberal view of people as autonomous individuals is only superficially true from a masculine perspective in her most famous work, Jurisprudence and Gender.
Selected works
- Re-Imagining Justice: Progressive Interpretations of Formal Equality, Rights, and the Rule of Law (2003)
- Rights (2000)
- Caring for Justice (1997)
- Progressive Constitutionalism: Reconstructing the Fourteenth Amendment (1994)
- Narrative, Authority, and Law (Law, Meaning, and Violence) (1993)
- Jurisprudence and gender, 55 University of Chicago Law Review 1 (1988) available at http://www.jstor.org/pss/1599769.
See also
- Robin West's contributions to the Law and Literature movement