Van Marle, Karin2012-10-222012-10-222012-08Van Marle, K 2012, 'We exist, but who are we? Feminism and the power of sociological law', Feminist Legal Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 149-159, doi: 10.1007/s10691-012-9205-x.0966-3622 (print)1572-8455 (online)10.1007/s10691-012-9205-xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/20246In this article the author revisits Carol Smart’s 1989 publication Feminism and the power of law. She engages with Smart’s main claims by way of a number of other thinkers. Following Marianne Constable’s description of contemporary American legal thought as socio-legal, the author tentatively considers if it could be argued that some strains in contemporary legal feminism that adopted a sociological method resulted in a similar absence of justice that concerns Constable. Smart’s caution against the development of a feminist jurisprudence is critically analysed with the benefit of hindsight. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari, Foucault and Goodrich, the author tentatively considers the becoming of a feminist jurisprudence as a minor jurisprudence.en© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.Sociological methodAbsence of justiceEthics of discomfortMinor jurisprudencePostprint Article