Female Fundamental Freedoms, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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In recent decades, doctrinal, theoretical, and sociological legal research on women's rights - as well as, more broadly, on law and gender from an intersectional perspective - has increasingly come into focus. The requirements of protection, the scope for action, and the equality of women, as well as the legal conceptualization of womanhood, are the subject of intense debate, with differing emphases across legal systems. Time and again, these fundamental rights to freedom and equality have been denied, and they are currently being questioned worldwide, particularly by illiberal and authoritarian regimes. Against this backdrop, the volume brings together current research topics on women's fundamental rights: their theoretical reconstruction, their doctrinal implementation, their enforcement in different legal contexts, and their intersectional dimensions. The contributions are organized into four thematic sections and stem from the legal conference "Female Fundamental Freedoms," held in November 2025 as a symposium of the Research Center for Fundamental Rights at the University of Bayreuth. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive account of this complex discourse, but rather to offer impulses for reflection on key contemporary questions of Female Fundamental Freedoms and to encourage further inquiry.

The volume first explores the historical and theoretical foundations of fundamental rights from a feminist and intersectional perspective. It then addresses the fundamental question of womanhood as a legal category and as a point of reference for fundamental rights, drawing on selected examples from current debates. Third, it examines fundamental issues of equality in the workplace, with particular attention to experiences of intersectional discrimination. Finally, it highlights key aspects of the far-reaching legal field of reproductive rights and situates them within an international context.