Gender & the Law 15

What Works (and Doesn’t) in Reducing Recidivism offers criminologists and students an evidence-based discussion of the latest trends in corrections. Experts Latessa, Johnson, and Koetzle translate t……続きを見る

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era. Image-based sexual abuse refers to the taking or sharing of nude or sexual photographs or videos of a……続きを見る

This volume examines the role of law as a tool for advancing women’s rights and gender equity in local, national, and global contexts. Many feminist scholars note a marked failure of law to achieve ……続きを見る

Pursuing the discursive or material effects of relational queerness, this book reflects on how objects can illuminate, affect, and animate queer modes of being. In the early 1990s the queer theorist……続きを見る

'The kind of book that has you screaming "Yes! Yes! Yes! Now I get it!" on almost every page' Caitlin Moran 'Dr Taylor sets out a compelling case . . . gives voice and agency to women who have exper……続きを見る

Sex crimes, such as rape, child sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence, are increasingly transnational in nature, introducing unique cross-border and cross-cultural challenges for police, the c……続きを見る

In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defame……続きを見る

Dividida en cinco apartados, esta obra expone un panorama general de las diversas luchas ideológicas y políticas, en la Ciudad de México, por la legalización del aborto. En el primer apartado se inc……続きを見る

Ishita Pande's innovative study provides a dual biography of India's path-breaking Child Marriage Restraint Act (1929) and of 'age' itself as a key category of identity for upholding the rule of law……続きを見る

This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current geopolitical context, more specifically for refugee women. The work analyses different……続きを見る

More than fifty years after the beginning of the Women's Movement, women are still not "making it" in traditionally male careers. Women start their careers on parity with men but generally end them ……続きを見る

Os registros aqui realizados pretendem auxiliar os diversos operadores do Direito no trato do jurídico como ciência e como técnica, sobretudo os estudantes de graduação nos seus primeiros contatos c……続きを見る

This collection of essays and articles captures the beginning of the Muslim women’s movement in India in the last two decades. Written at different points during the journey, these pieces provide a ……続きを見る

Sex-Positive Criminology proposes a new way to think about sexuality in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. Sex-positivity is framed as a humanizing approach to sexuality that supports t……続きを見る

In Constitutional Orphan, Professor Paula Monopoli explores the significant role of former suffragists in the constitutional development of the Nineteenth Amendment -- the woman suffrage amendment r……続きを見る

O reconhecimento dos direitos de personalidade e a soma dos direitos fundamentais lastreados no princípio-garantia dignidade da pessoa humana não tem sido suficientes para debelar as práticas sociai……続きを見る

Women war criminals are far more common than we think. From the Holocaust to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans to the Rwandan genocide, women have perpetrated heinous crimes. Few have been punished. T……続きを見る

The notion of human dignity is frequently, yet enigmatically, invoked in legal and political debates on sex work, where many people use it without much elaboration on exactly what they mean by it. S……続きを見る

This book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law. As one of the most distinguished equality lawyers of……続きを見る

Women are the fastest growing group of incarcerated people in Canada. While feminist criminologists advocate for community alternatives to imprisonment, they often do so without offering a correspon……続きを見る

A pesquisa, A VIOLÊNCIA DE GÊNERO, O MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E A APLICAÇÃO DA LEI MARIA DA PENHA: uma análise na cidade de São Luís/MA, objetiva discutir como o Ministério Público aplica esta armadura le……続きを見る

O Brasil é formado por maioria de mulheres. No entanto, a despeito de algumas ações afirmativas para o aumento da representatividade feminina, a população masculina domina a classe política. Neste t……続きを見る

Except for the foundational belief that rape is a crime, with a criminal and a victim, I will not take anything else for granted. Sohaila Abdulali was gang-raped as a teenager in Bombay. Indignant a……続きを見る

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of th……続きを見る

Limited legal protections for privacy leave minority communities vulnerable to concrete injuries and violence when their information is exposed. In Privacy at the Margins, Scott Skinner-Thompson hig……続きを見る

This is the first book to unpack the legal and ethical issues surrounding unauthorised intimate examinations during labour. The book uses feminist, socio-legal and philosophical tools to explore the……続きを見る

The book explores the rise of civil divorce in Victorian England, the subsequent operation of a fault system of divorce based solely on the ground of adultery, and the eventual piecemeal repeal of t……続きを見る

Examines the organized efforts to reshape the law relating to young women's sexuality in the United States. Starting with the mid-nineteenth-century campaign by the American Female Moral Reform Soci……続きを見る

Brings together the workplace experiences of transgender people with an assessment of current policy protections. The complex and changing state of policy protections for transgender communities pra……続きを見る

Chronicles the conflict between religious and secular forces in Israel. In Judicial Power and National Politics, Second Edition, Patricia J. Woods returns to an issue that has only grown in relevanc……続きを見る