Men, Law and Gender - Essays on the ''Man'' of Law

Informationen zum Autor Richard Collier is Professor of Law at the University of Newcastle UK. Klappentext This book presents the first published comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between law and masculinities. It provides a general introduction to the subject whilst engaging with the difficult question of what it means to speak of the masculinity of law in the first place. Zusammenfassung This book presents the first published comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between law and masculinities. It provides a general introduction to the subject whilst engaging with the difficult question of what it means to speak of the masculinity of law in the first place. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Men, Masculinities and Law: Recasting the ‘Man Question’ in Legal Studies 2. The Restructured University – Rethinking the Gendered Law School 3. Beyond the ‘Private Life’ of the Law School: Class and the (Legal) Academic Subject 4. ‘Read What The Law Firms Say’: Gender and the Representation of Career Success in the Contemporary Legal Profession 5. Engaging Fathers, Changing Men?: Law, Gender and Parenting Cultures 6. ‘Please Send Me Evenings and Weekends’: Male Lawyers, Gender and the Negotiation of Work and Family Commitments 7. On Fathers’ Rights, Law and Gender: Recasting the Questions About Men, Masculinities and Personal Life

Product details

• Authors: Richard Collier, Richard (Newcastle University Collier, Collier Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2009
• EAN: 9781904385493
• ISBN: 978-1-904385-49-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Recht und Gesellschaft: Gender, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, LAW / Gender & the Law, Gender & the law, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Law and society, gender issues