Eva-Maria Svensson, LLD, Senior Lecturer of Legal Science and Philosophy, University of Gothenburg. She has published articles on legal philosophy, gender theory and public law. Her articles discuss, for example, freedom of speech and pornography from a feminist perspective. Her current research projects deal with equality and epistemology in legal science. E-mail: Eva-Maria.Svensson@law.gu.se. Anu Pylkk�nen, LLD, Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki. Her research interests have been the legal status of women in the early modem period and the history of matrimonial law from a comparative perspective. Her current research project is on the law on person. E-mail: Anu.Pylkkanen@helsinki.fi. Johanna Niemi-Kiesil�inen, LLD, Professor of Law, Ume� University. She has published articles on Finnish and comparative bankruptcy law and legal topics related to violence against women. She was a co-editor of the previous title from the same group: Responsible Selves. Women in the Nordic Legal Culture (Ashgate 2001). Currently, she is leading a research project, Violence in the Shadow o f Equality: Hidden Gender in Legal Discourse. E-mail: Johanna.Niemi- Kiesilainen@helsinki.fi.