Law and the Quest for Gender Equality.
Title:
Law and the Quest for Gender Equality.
Author:
Thornton, Margaret.
ISBN:
9781760465506
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (424 pages)
Series:
Global Thinkers Series
Contents:
Intro -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Women as Nonpersons -- 1. Edith Haynes Challenges the Legal Profession -- Part II: The Limits of Law -- 2. Feminist Jurisprudence: Illusion or Reality? -- 3. The Contradictions of Law Reform -- Part III: Legislating for Equality -- 4. Feminism and the Changing State -- 5. Sexual Harassment Losing Sight of Sex Discrimination -- Part IV: Engendering Legal Practice -- 6. Hypercompetitiveness or a Balanced Life? -- 7. The Flexible Cyborg -- 8. Who Cares? The Conundrum for Gender Equality -- Part V: Gender and Judging -- 9. Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power -- 10. The High Court and Judicial Activism -- 11. 'Otherness' on the Bench -- Part VI: Diversifying Legal Education -- 12. Wondering What to Do about Legal Education -- 13. Why the Gender and Colour of Law Remain the Same -- Part VII: The Corporatised Academy -- 14. Universities Upside-Down -- 15. The Mirage of Merit -- Postscript.
Abstract:
For centuries, law was used to subordinate women and exclude them from the public sphere, so it cannot be expected to become a source of equality instantaneously or without resistance from benchmark men--that is, those who are white, heterosexual, able-bodied and middle class.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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