160 Pages
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Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1998. This collection of papers, written by leading lawyers and sociologists in the UK, focuses on the relationships between gender and the law in the context of three areas of law: family law, criminal law and equal rights. The papers argue that gender roles within society affect the legal rights of individuals and impact on procedures they go through to enforce their rights or to... Read more
1. Negotiating Parenthood : Bargaining in the Shadow of a New Law, Carol Smart. 2. Two Contemporary Problems of Family Law – of Fast Track Mothers in Custody Disputes and the Feminisation of Poverty in Later Life, Alastair Bissett-Johnson. 3. ‘Come Out and Fight Like a Woman’: Gender Differences in Violent Behaviour, Gerda Siann. 4. Gender and Sentencing, Neil Hutton. 5. The Influence of European Law on Sex Equality Laws, Muriel Robinson. 6. Pornography and Gender Equality, Beverley Brown. 7. (Homo) Sexual Citizenship, David T. Evans.
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Christine R. Barker, Elizabeth A. Kirk, Monica Sah
’...informative and instructive...served to whet one’s appetite and peak one’s interest...will be particularly beneficial to the comparative and/or international law scholar within the applicable subject matter areas of family law, criminal law and equal rights.’ The law and Politics
