Robin West (born 1954) is the Frederick J. Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy emerita at theGeorgetown University Law Center. West's research is primarily concerned withfeminist legal theory,constitutional law and theory,philosophy of law, and thelaw and literature movement.

West holds a B.A. and a J.D. (1979) from theUniversity of Maryland and a masters in judicial studies fromStanford. West came to Georgetown after teaching at theUniversity of Maryland Law School from 1986 to 1991, and at theCleveland-Marshall College of Law from 1982 to 1985.

West is best known for her work in theethics of care andfeminist legal theory. In her article "Jurisprudence and Gender," West argued that women’s socialisation prioritises connection and relationships over autonomy, making it difficult for them to respond to violence with violence, which ultimately hinders their ability to prove lack ofconsent in legal contexts designed by and for men.^[1]

• West, Robin (1993).Narrative, authority, and law: law, meaning, and violence.
• West, Robin (1994).Progressive constitutionalism: reconstructing the Fourteenth Amendment.
• West, Robin (1997).Caring for justice.
• West, Robin (2000).Rights.
• West, Robin (2003).Re-imagining justice: progressive interpretations of formal equality, rights, and the rule of law.
• West, Robin (2011).Normative jurisprudence.

• West, Robin (Winter 1988)."Jurisprudence and gender".University of Chicago Law Review.55 (1):1–72.doi:10.2307/1599769.JSTOR 1599769.

See also:Nussbaum, Martha C. (Summer 2008)."Robin West, "Jurisprudence and Gender": defending a radical liberalism"(PDF).University of Chicago Law Review.75 (3).University of Chicago Law School:985–996.JSTOR 20141934. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2015-09-05.

• West, Robin (Spring 1989)."Love, rage and legal theory".Yale Journal of Law and Feminism.1 (1).Yale Law School:101–110.

• Robin West's contributions to the Law and Literature movement

• Faculty page at Georgetown Law

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