Feminist Perspectives on Evidence

Informationen zum Autor Mary Childs, Louise Ellison Zusammenfassung Feminist evidence scholarship is a relatively new but rapidly developing field. This collection brings together previously unpublished work by feminist legal scholars from different jurisdictions. In these essays, they explore the contributions of feminist theory and methodology to the understanding of the law of evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Evidence Law and Feminism 2. Gender, Epistemology and Ethics: Feminist Perspectives on Evidence Theory 3. Rape and the Adversarial Culture of the Courtroom 4. Gender Bias in the Hearsay Rule 5. The Privilege' in the Privilege Doctrine: A Feminist Analysis of the Evidentiary Privileges for Confidential Communications 6. Evidentiary Harassment: The Use of the Rules of Evidence in an Informal Tribunal 7. Resolution without Trial, Evidence Law and the Construction of the Sexual Assault Victim 8. Corroboration and Sexual Assaults in Scots Law 9. The Use of Sexual History Evidence in Rape Trials 10. Expert Distractions: Women who Kill, their Syndromes and Disorders 11. The Character of the Accused

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• Authors: Et Al Childs, Mary Childs, Mary (University of Manchester Childs, Mary Ellison Childs, Childs Mary, Louise Ellison, Louise (University of Manchester Ellison, Ellison Louise
• Assisted by: Mary Childs (Editor), Louise Ellison (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2000
• EAN: 9781859415276
• ISBN: 978-1-85941-527-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; England, Wales, LAW / Civil Procedure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LAW / Evidence, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Civil procedure: law of evidence