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'FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY' (FLT) — represented by Catharine MacKinnon, Robin West, Carol Smart — argues that:

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Correct answer: B.
1. FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY (FLT) emerged from the women's movement and intersected with CLS in the 1970s-80s. 2. KEY ARGUMENTS: 3. (i) LAW has been a TOOL OF PATRIARCHY — its categories, methods, and content reflect male perspective and serve male interests; 4. (ii) FORMAL NEUTRALITY of law produces UNEQUAL EFFECTS on women; 5. (iii) Multiple strands: (a) LIBERAL feminism (Susan Moller Okin) — equal treatment; (b) CULTURAL feminism (Carol Gilligan) — recognise different voice; (c) DOMINANCE theory (Catharine MacKinnon) — law constructed by and for male power; (d) POSTMODERN feminism — gender is socially constructed; 6. (iv) Focus on areas like: sexual violence, reproductive rights, employment discrimination, family law, pornography. 7. KEY THINKERS: MacKinnon, Carol Smart, Carol Gilligan, Robin West, Drucilla Cornell, Martha Nussbaum. 8. INDIA: feminist legal scholars include Flavia Agnes, Indira Jaising, Ratna Kapur, Nivedita Menon; Vishaka guidelines drew on CEDAW. 9. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Catharine MacKinnon, 'Toward a Feminist Theory of the State' (1989); Carol Gilligan, 'In a Different Voice' (1982)_
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