ABSTRACT
What is the nature of the Beyond? Does, or can, the Beyond figure in the writings of feminists and other critical theorists of gender as a substantive ‘goal’, or should it be understood only in terms of method? These questions are of the utmost importance for feminist theory generally, but they hold a particular resonance for lawyers. Law trades in both method and substance. Law gives results and, according to its own narratives, law can provide the ‘last word’. In its own terms, law is closure; it has the power to guillotine discourse and to enforce outcomes. Of course, legal outcomes are deconstructable. But can the postmodern feminist engagement with law move beyond critique?
