Socio-Legal Studies - Gender & Sexuality Books

New and Published Books

1. Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism

   Human rights perspectives

   Edited by Margaret L. Satterthwaite, Jayne Huckerby

   Series: Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law

   In the name of fighting terrorism, countries have been invaded; wars have been waged; people have been detained, rendered and tortured; and campaigns for "hearts and minds" have been unleashed. Human rights analyses of the counter-terrorism measures implemented in the aftermath of 11 September 2001...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Women and Transitional Justice

   The Experience of Women as Participants

   Edited by Lisa Yarwood

   This book discusses the evolving principle of transitional justice in public international law and international relations from the female perspective at a time when the concept is increasingly recognised by the international community as an effective framework in which to negotiate and manage a...

   Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities

   Latin American and African Perspectives

   Edited by Rachel Sieder, John McNeish

   Series: Law, Development and Globalization

   Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives examines the relationship between legal pluralities and the prospects for greater gender justice in developing countries. Rather than asking whether legal pluralities are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for women, the starting point of...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

   Edited by Claire Renzetti, Susan Miller, Angela Gover

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime. As a result, the criminal justice system’s development of policies, programs, and treatment regimes was based on the male offender. It was not until the 1970s that some criminologists began to draw attention to...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. Regulating the International Movement of Women

   From Protection to Control

   Edited by Sharron FitzGerald

   The question of how to conceptualize the relationships between governments and the everyday lives of women has long been the focus of attention among feminists. Feminist scholarship critiques women’s lives, experiences and gender inequality in a variety of contexts. In this age of increased...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights

   By Paul Johnson

   Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights is the first book-length study of the Court’s jurisprudence in respect of sexual orientation. It offers a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Children with Gender Identity Disorder

   A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis

   By Simona Giordano

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   How should we understand transgenderism, especially as it affects children and adolescents? Psychiatric manuals include transgenderism among mental illnesses (Gender Identity Disorder). Such inclusion is relatively recent, and even the words transsexual and transgender were coined only a few...

   Published September 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Anarchism & Sexuality

   Ethics, Relationships and Power

   Edited by Jamie Heckert, Richard Cleminson

   Series: Social Justice

   Anarchism & Sexuality aims to bring the rich and diverse traditions of anarchist thought and practice into contact with contemporary questions about the politics and lived experience of sexuality. Both in style and in content, it is conceived as a book that aims to question, subvert and...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Women, Judging and the Judiciary

   From Difference to Diversity

   By Erika Rackley

   Women, Judging and the Judiciary examines debates about gender representation in the judiciary and the importance of judicial diversity. It offers a fresh look at the role of the (woman) judge and the process of judging and provides a new analysis of the assumptions which underpin and constrain...

   Published September 3rd 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
10. Gender and Justice

    Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter

    By Sally Kenney

    Series: Perspectives on Gender

    Intended for use in courses on law and society, as well as courses in women’s and gender studies, women and politics, and women and the law, this book explores different questions in different North American and European geographical jurisdictions and courts, demonstrating the value of a gender...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge