Students participating in this seminar course may wish to write dissertations on a wide range of subjects. The following are some suggested subject areas:

1. Women and Family Law
   
   Domestic violence
   Feminist critiques of divorce law
   Women's rights as mothers
   Emergency protection: sexual abuse of young women
   
   
2. The Law and Women's Sexuality
   
   Rape
   Pornography
   Prostitution
   Abortion
   
   
3. Women and Property Law
   
   Women and property distribution on divorce
   The property rights of unmarried cohabitees
   Women's access to housing
   The rights of homeless women
   
   
4. Women and Employment Law
   
   Legal control of sex discrimination
   Equal pay
   Sexual harassment in the workplace
   Maternity (and paternity) rights
   
   
5. Women and Legal Processing
   
   Women as offenders
   Women as victims
   Women as witnesses
   
   
6. Women and Crime
   
   Feminist conceptions of crime and criminal justice
   The nature of female crime
   Women in prison
   
   
7. Feminist Jurisprudence
   
   Different conceptions of equality
   Feminist critiques of liberal theory
   
   
8. Women and Legal History
   
   The development of women's property rights
   The attainment of women's suffrage
   
   
9. Women's Engagement in Law Reform
   
   The role of women's pressure groups
   The role of women in the legislature
10. Women in the Legal Profession
    
    Women in the judiciary
    Sex discrimination in the legal profession
    
    
11. Women and International Law
    
    Women victims in wartime
    The rights of women refugees
    Feminist critiques of international law