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Rethinking the balance between individual and state responsibility given the inevitability of human dependence on social institutions. - Martha L.A. Fineman

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📢We are pleased to announce that Alexander Giles Green, Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, informed us that his article, "The State Itself as a Vulnerable Subject? Existential Resilience under International Law," was accepted by the Modern Law Review.

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This piece by Hrudya Anil, a researcher at University College in Thiruvananthapuram, uses vulnerability theory to explore menopause as a sociopolitical metaphor.

Download the PDF here: https://t.co/TO4ZF6Fxkx

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Listen to high school student, Mr. Adnan Javed of Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan, discuss parliamentary diplomacy and a vulnerability theory approach to international human rights abuses.
https://t.co/J0IJs8khz6

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“Through this chapter, I wanted to examine how the state shapes the idea of ‘the family,’ and how a welfare order grounded in shared responsibility for dependency has been reoriented in a more privatized direction..."
Read more here: https://t.co/cld1HJu6Hu

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“This chapter [by Martha McCluskey] connects the message of personal responsibility in three issues: welfare reform, financial system implosion, and climate collapse."
Read it here: https://t.co/ikDxPhq1r9

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The latest VHC Digest is available here: https://t.co/dVC0UZ1Ea3

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Faculty spotlight: @MarthaLAFineman
In 2004, she became the first woman to hold a Woodruff Chair at #EmoryLaw. A globally recognized scholar, she’s shaped feminist jurisprudence and critical legal theory, and founded both the Feminism & Legal Theory Project and @VHCInitiative.

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Read our latest digest at https://t.co/ZLLAx7heOm.

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listen to our latest episode of Voices in Vulnerability, The Legal Imagination of Property Law with Dr. Thomas Coggin: https://t.co/5ye9jsMkh8

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@EmoryLawJournal Awesome! We interviewed Professor Roberts for the Oral History Project in October. She was part of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project created by Professor Martha Fineman at @EmoryLaw. Here's the video: https://t.co/tba7JNxvnz

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Read our latest digest here: https://t.co/bFBZCW5dHx

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Happy New Year from the VHC at Emory Law!

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Recent Visiting Scholar, Dr. Helena Xiao, reflects on "The State-Family Narrative and the Responsive State" in this APA blogpost. @MarthaLAFineman

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The State-Family Narrative and the Responsive State https://t.co/1wzZru5AAv via @apa_blog @VHCInitiative

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Don't miss this talk on the reasonable use of personal information in China by Dr. Xia Wang of Nanjing University of Science and Technology - happening today @EmoryLaw

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Join us this Friday, 11/14 at 2pm in G575 for a talk titled "Reasonable Use of Personal Information in China: Case Analysis and Institutional Framework" by visiting scholar, Dr. Xia Wang, Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

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Join us this Friday, 11/14 at 2pm in G575 for a talk titled "Reasonable Use of Personal Information in China: Case Analysis and Institutional Framework" by visiting scholar, Dr. Xia Wang, Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

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How does vulnerability theory re-frame our conceptions of health law? Prof Matt Lawrence @mjblawrence of @EmoryLaw discusses this and more on our podcast, Voices in Vulnerability. Listen to the episode here: https://t.co/IrDqTxL0Rn

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Join us this Thursday for a talk and discussion with Dr. Fei Feng, Professor and Vice Dean of Law School in Nanjing Normal University. Dr. Feng is a visiting scholar of the VHC and CICL @EmoryLaw.

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Check out last year's FLT at Forty - Oral History Project: https://t.co/yS3JWDuWrG
These ten videos mark the beginning of our Oral History Project, an attempt to capture the impact of the FLT Project over the years. Watch this space for the next batch of video interviews.

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Read our latest digest here: https://t.co/PYMGCaBIPO

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Join the @VHCInitiative and the Feminism and Legal Theory Project for “Vulnerability Theory and Sharenting” featuring Dr. Claire Bessant on Wednesday, October 8 at 4:00 p.m. in G575/Zoom.

Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.