Law : Gender & the Law

Is it possible for the state simultaneously to respect deep cultural differences and to protect the hard-won citizenship rights of vulnerable group members, ......

While it is true that, like elsewhere in the world, African women are not yet equal to men, toiling day and night amidst grinding poverty while facing harsh ......

The book contains essays by and about women lawyers: stories about women practicing (or choosing not to practice) law, about hitting the glass ceiling, abou......

From a feminist perspective, the authors critically review the current use of psychology in law and identify a powerful collusion between the two fields whic......

A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Quee......

Drawing on domestic and international law, as well as on judgments given by courts and human rights treaty bodies, Gender Stereotyping offers perspectives on......

From a “Human Rights Hero,” a memoir of her illustrious career litigating groundbreaking cases In the boys' club climate of 1975, Nancy Gert......

As members of the fastest-growing demographic group in America, Latinos are increasingly represented in the professional class, but they continue to face sig......

Cultural views of femininity exerted a powerful influence on the courtroom arguments used to defend or condemn notable women on trial in nineteenth-century a......

Women, Judging and the Judiciary examines debates about gender representation in the judiciary and the importance of judicial diversity. It offers a fresh lo......

The partial defence of provocation is one of the most controversial doctrines within the criminal law. It has now been abolished in a number of international......

Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse looks at relevant law and surrounding discourses in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates around the ......

This groundbreaking collection brings together leading contemporary legal theory scholars creating an interdisciplinary dialogue which explores, at times con......

Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color. Through p......

A survey of women's economic rights in ancient Greece, outside of the household economy and concerning their relationship to real property and possessions. T......

The incredible story of how a twenty-seven-year-old lawyer won Roe v. Wade, and what it means forty years later. Author: Weddington, Sarah Publisher: The Fe......