Professor Catharine A MacKinnon FBA

Equality, specialising in sex and gender, in law, theory and politics, encompassing constitutional law, international law, criminal law, civil and human rights, including comparative, jurisprudence, political and legal theory. Critical engagement with national and international laws of sexual assault proposing creative initiatives toward gender equality transforming legal and social responses to sexual violation and gender hierarchy
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Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

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University of Michigan Law School Elizabeth A Long Professor of Law

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