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

Zusatztext 'In this extraordinarily original and provocative book! Richard Collier clearly?establishes the terms for future debates about legal and social constructions of masculinity and the relationship between law! gender! and men ... In a strikingly creative?series of chapters! Collier provides the reader with compelling assessments of how recent cultural! social! and economic transformations have profoundly altered men's expectations and aspirations for themselves and others. Collier's complex and sophisticated approach to masculinity presents a needed challenge to outmoded ways of thinking about men and gender... it is an inspiration for future work across the disciplines'??Martha Albertson Fineman! Robert W. Woodruff Professor at Emory University! School of Law 'Richard Collier's careful extraction of codes of masculinity embedded in different aspects of the law is a milestone in critical legal thinking. Whether focusing on legal institutions (law school! law firms)! legal discourse! or social movements that focus on the law! Collier is invariably empirically grounded! theoretically informed! and deeply thoughtful. Men! Law and Gender is both a bracing analysis and a critical gendered meditation.'Michael Kimmel! Professor of Sociology! SUNY Stony Brook'Men! Law and Gender is the product of many years of thoughtful engagement in the field of gendered legal studies. It is impressive in the range of issues covered and in the way in which it moves between the everyday experiences to more general issues of gender and law in a changing society. It is impressive! most of all! in its refusal to accept easy answers and in the many ways in which it engages the reader in a critical debate and in a confrontation with some of the key issues of our time.'Professor David H J Morgan! Keele University and Emeritus Professor! Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life! University of Manchester Informationen zum Autor Richard Collier is Professor of Law at the University of Newcastle UK. Klappentext These essays are a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between law and masculinities. They provide 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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2011
• EAN: 9780415685726
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68572-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; Sociology, Cultural Studies, LAW / General, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Criminology: legal aspects, Legal profession: general, Social law and Medical law, Legal profession / practice of law: general