Feminist Governance and International Law - A Critical Legal History From Mandate Palestine

Documenting the intertwined history of international institutions and transnational feminism through the lens of Mandate Palestine in the inter-war period, this book elicits the historical formation of a prototypical form of feminist governance at the international level.

List of contents

Introduction, Chapter 1: Palestine and Interwar Feminisms - Communities, Associations, Institutions; Chapter 2: Personal Status Laws as Technologies of Global Governance; Chapter 3: Colonial Penality Laws as Technologies of Global Governance; Chapter 4: Policing Women's Labour as Technologies of Global Governance ; Chapter 5: Palestine in the Global Context: Comparative Perspectives; Chapter 6: Conclusion.

About the author

Paola Zichi is a feminist legal scholar specializing in gender, history, and international law, with a particular focus on feminist histories and methodologies for legal research. She is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Warwick Law School, working on Feminist Lawyering and International Law in European History (1899-1949). Previously, she worked as an AHRC-funded postdoctoral researcher at the School of History, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Zichi completed her doctorate in Gender Studies at SOAS University of London. Her PhD project won the Helen Reece Prize, awarded by the Modern Law Review for the best PhD project in feminist legal studies. Her academic background bridges international law, history, criminology, and family law, with a particular emphasis on the intersections of gender, postcolonial theory, and legal history. Her work has been published in leading journals, and she serves on the editorial board of the Australian Feminist Law Journal. Her forthcoming book, Feminist Governance and International Law: A Critical Legal History from Mandate Palestine, explores the intersections of feminist activism and international institutions in the early twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Paola Zichi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032568867
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256886-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Feminist and Queer International Law
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, LAW / International, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, International Relations, International Law, Middle East, Feminism & feminist theory, Regional Studies, Legal History, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Social Law, Feminism and feminist theory, Land & real estate law, Social law and Medical law, Land and real estate law / Real property law