Private Law Theory

Queer theory and private law rarely interact. While queer theory has been applied to other fields, private law remains largely an unexplored territory. Yet queer analysis offers a particularly valuable lens to explore, expose, and reimagine the heteronormative and cisnormative assumptions embedded within private law’s foundational doctrines and concepts. We aim to publish the conference outputs in an edited collection in a leading international university press. The edited collection will provide a shared vocabulary, conceptual frameworks, and methodological tools that will define this emerging field … (more)