ABSTRACT Biographies of prominent women often advance inquiries that lead to easy and uninteresting conclusions that their subject should be celebrated or ignored. In contrast, this article argues for more life histories of women legal scholars that bring out the complexity of their lives. It suggests three ways to execute this work that guard against the making of simple binary conclusions. First, it argues that these studies should be open inquiries that present a range of views of their subject, from both the past and present, and encourage audiences to form their own judgments. This approach will help both reader and scholar to recognise their biases. Second, it makes a case for treating legal scholars differently from pure educators, scholars or lawyers. It suggests that their unique role should inform the work’s central inquiries. Finally, it argues that unearthing a subject’s attitude towards feminism and feminist legal scholarship can be done in ways that strengthen the work’s contribution to the history of the discipline.

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研究女性法律学者：生活史的挑战

摘要杰出女性的传记通常会提出询问，导致得出容易和毫无趣味的结论，即应赞扬或忽视她们的主题。相比之下，本文主张更多的女性法律学者的生活史揭示了他们生活的复杂性。它提出了执行此工作的三种方法，以防止做出简单的二进制结论。首先，它认为这些研究应该是公开的询问，从过去和现在提出对本学科的一系列观点，并鼓励听众形成自己的判断。这种方法将帮助读者和学者认识他们的偏见。其次，它为将法律学者与纯粹的教育者，学者或律师区别对待提供了理由。这表明他们的独特作用应成为工作的中心询问。最后，