Critical Legal Studies (CLS) is an influential intellectual movement that emerged in the United States during the 1970s. It developed as a critical response to traditional legal theories that presented law as neutral, objective and independent of politics and social power. CLS argues that law is deeply connected with political, economic and social structures and often reflects the interests of dominant groups. From the perspective of Women and Political Process, CLS is particularly important because it helps expose the ways in which legal institutions and rules may reproduce gender inequalities and restrict women’s participation in public and political life. CLS draws upon Marxism, critical theory, legal realism and other radical approaches. It challenges the idea that legal decisions are determined only by established rules and logical reasoning. According to CLS scholars, legal principles are often indeterminate, meaning that the same legal rule can support different interpretations. Judges and legal institutions therefore exercise discretion, and their decisions may be influenced by prevailing social values, political interests and power relations. Law is consequently understood not merely as a system of rules but also as a mechanism through which social power is organized and maintained. A central concern of CLS is the relationship between law and power. Conventional legal systems frequently claim to provide