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Relational Autonomy and Individuality
- University of Toronto Law Journal
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 63, Number 2, Spring 2013
- pp. 327-341
- Review
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This review explores some of the important issues raised in Jennifer Nedelsky’s book, Law’s Relations: A Relational Theory of Self, Autonomy, and Law. First, it introduces Nedelsky’s relational approach and her rejection of liberal individualism. Second, it delves more deeply into Nedelsky’s relational account of autonomy. Then, it details Nedelsky’s relational approach to rights and law and argues, among other things, that Nedelsky’s approach has a consequentialist cast to it. Finally, it provides a critical assessment of Nedelsky’s rejection of independence and individualism.