These essays explore the ways in which law has been implicated in contemporary debates dealing with sexuality, culture and `different' subjects - including women, sexual minorities, Muslims and the transnational migrant. 'In this elegantly argued book,[Kapur] provides a rich account of a series of disruptions that, in itself, is a welcome act of political resistance.' - Social & Legal Studies 'Kapur demonstrate[s] the continuing importance of gender and sexuality as sites for critical engagement with liberalism, citizenship, nationalism, and postcolonialism. These are interventions that challenge much recieved orthodoxy and they deserve careful reading.' - Social & Legal Studies