Gender & the Law 12

Black Girlhood, Punishment, and Resistance: Reimagining Justice for Black Girls in Virginia provides a historical comprehensive examination of racialized, classed, and gendered punishment of Black g……続きを見る

This book examines the concept of intersectional discrimination and why it has been difficult for jurisdictions around the world to redress it in discrimination law. 'Intersectionality' was coined b……続きを見る

Ifølge forfatteren Susanne Staun har medierne – bevidst eller ubevidst – i årevis misinformeret den offentlighed, de er sat i verden for at informere – fordi de kan, fordi de ikke kan lade være. De ……続きを見る

This volume presents an integrated collection of essays around the theme of India’s failure to grapple with the big questions of human rights protections affecting marginalized minority groups in th……続きを見る

Applying a legal pluralist framework, this study examines the complex interrelationships between religion, law and politics in contemporary Ghana, a professedly secular State characterised by high l……続きを見る

Doctors routinely deny patients access to hormonal birth control prescription refills, and this issue has broad interest for feminism, biomedical ethics, and applied ethics in general. Medical Sexis……続きを見る

This book identifies, analyses and discusses the nexus of legal issues that have emerged in recent years around sexuality and gender. It audits these against specific human rights requirements and e……続きを見る

Cosmopolitanism and the Development of the International Criminal Court analyzes a set of prominent and competing discourses that emerged in the context of the development and establishment of the I……続きを見る

A transformative progressive politics requires the state's reimagining. But how should the state be reimagined, and what can invigorate this process? In Feeling Like a State, Davina Cooper explores ……続きを見る

This book focuses on women’s human rights in India. Drawing on case studies, it provides a clear overview of the key sources on gender and rights in the country. Further, it contextualizes women’s r……続きを見る

This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instr……続きを見る

Starrsha Glowglass's face is on the front page of every newspaper. She isn't a model, Vlogger, or reality TV show contestant. Starrsha is famous for something darker: she survived a massacre that cl……続きを見る

The Victim’s Voice in the Sexual Misconduct Crisis investigates how a victim’s voice, identity, credibility, and proof are challenged or established in the current sexual misconduct crisis. Using co……続きを見る

At what age do girls gain the maturity to make sexual choices? This question provokes especially vexed debates in India, where early marriage is a widespread practice. India has served as a focal pr……続きを見る

Het kostte Kimberley Motley slechts twee jaar van haar leven om als eerste buitenlandse advocaat een expert op het gebied van Afghanistans jonge rechtssysteem te worden door zich compleet onder te d……続きを見る

This book tackles one of the most topical socio-legal issues of today: how the law - in particular, the European Court of Human Rights - is responding to shifting practices and ideas of fatherhood i……続きを見る

As Kenyan women traditionally have fewer formal employment opportunities, often occupying lower-paid jobs in the informal sector, the experiences of women who earn money in unorthodox ways can offer……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the role Nordic countries have played as exporters and importers of gender equality policies, and of how Europeanisation has framed the development an……続きを見る

This book explores the largely neglected relationship between men, masculinities and honour-based abuse (HBA). There is a common misconception that HBA – whether physical violence, emotional abuse o……続きを見る

An innovative collaboration between academics, practitioners, activists and artists, this timely and provocative book rewrites 16 significant Scots law cases, spanning a range of substantive topics,……続きを見る

Da MONA ELTAHAWY skrev artiklen ”Why Do They Hate Us?” om kvindehadet som grundlæggende problem i den arabiske verden, skabte det voldsom international debat. I JOMFRUHINDER OG HIJAB går Eltahawy et……続きを見る

Det kan opleves som en selvfølge, at alle danskere over 18 år har valgret, og at vi sammen bestemmer, hvilken politik landet skal styres med. Men det er ikke en ret, der er kommet af sig selv. De re……続きを見る

Despite some significant advances in the creation and protection of rights affecting women’s health, these do not always translate into actual health benefits for women. This collection asks: 'What ……続きを見る

This book addresses the legal and political programme needed for the recognition of sexual difference. Cornell shows that by affirming feminine sexual difference we should rethink the traditional co……続きを見る

Calling for nothing less than a radical reform of family law and a reconception of intimacy, ***The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family, and Other Twentieth Century Tragedies***argues strongly agains……続きを見る

This book, devoted to acquainting reader with the basics of American free speech doctrine, presents a description of the radical attack on modern free speech doctrine. It discusses whether banning t……続きを見る

Feminism and liberalism need each other, argues Judith Baer. Her provocative book, Feminist Post-Liberalism, refutes both conservative and radical critiques*.* To make her case, she rejects classica……続きを見る

Guardian's Best Paperback of the Month ONE OF THE GUARDIAN**'S and** FINANCIAL TIMES**' BOOKS OF 2020** 'In intimate, often tender prose, Gevisser brings to life the complex movement for queer civil……続きを見る

This book draws on the analytic and political dimensions of queer, alongside the analytic and political usefulness of emotion, to navigate legal interventions aimed at progressing the rights of LGBT……続きを見る

Fiercely committed to the separation of church and state, thoroughly pluralistic, largely secular: Where does a society like ours find common terms for conducting a moral debate? In view of the cris……続きを見る