This article considers how Margaret Jane Radin’s theory of the feminist double bind can bring conceptual clarity to the difficulties feminisms face in engaging with political and legal institutions of global governance. I draw on her theory to reinitiate a conversation on ideal and nonideal theory, in order to answer the call of key proponents in international legal feminism to reevaluate methodologies in critiquing mainstream institutions. By providing an account of how to navigate the double bind, this article brings conceptual clarity to the tension between resistance and compliance that has been argued to lie at the heart of the feminist project in international law. I demonstrate how this theoretical framework can foster greater pluralist perspectives in feminist engagement of ideal theories to temper the deradicalising and conservative risk of navigating feasibility constrained nonideal strategies.

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“这是一个美丽混乱的时代吗？”：国际女权主义法律方法的反思

本文考虑了玛格丽特·简·拉丁 (Margaret Jane Radin) 的女权主义双重束缚理论如何为女权主义在参与全球治理的政治和法律机构时面临的困难带来概念上的清晰。我利用她的理论重新发起关于理想和非理想理论的对话，以响应国际法律女权主义的主要支持者重新评估批评主流制度的方法的呼吁。通过提供如何驾驭双重束缚的说明，本文为抵抗与遵守之间的紧张关系带来了概念上的清晰，这种紧张关系一直被认为是国际法中女权主义项目的核心。