Jennifer Ruth Nedelsky

Jennifer Ruth Nedelsky is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute for Social Justice under the Faculty of Education and Arts. Her research focuses on relational theory, gender studies, and constitutional law, emphasizing how legal frameworks shape autonomy and social relations. She has authored influential works such as Laws Relations: A Relational Theory of Self, Autonomy, and Law (2011) and contributed to debates on gendered labor and constitutional rights.

• Key Research Areas: Legal theory, feminist jurisprudence, ethics, and autonomy.
• Notable Outputs: Book chapters and journal articles on relational ethics, gender equality in law, and constitutional reform.

Her work bridges philosophy and law, challenging traditional individualist approaches to rights and advocating for relational understandings of self and society.