ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the voice within the critical legal tradition and thus on a more "general" approach to jurisprudence and on law's ethical aspects. Drawing in particular on the theory of Adriana Cavarero and her notion of vocal ontology, it also focuses on the notion of speaking in one's voice and calls for an ethics of law inspired by one's voice. The book argues that law, via the principles of consent and the integrity of the body, denies the possibility of speech and the exercise of autonomy and choice. It suggests that justice beyond revenge – connected to an awareness of one's voice and unpredictable actions such as Hannah Arendt's forgiveness – could represent a path of justice for feminism that moves beyond the justice of law.
