Gender and the Law

Zusatztext This is an ambitious and well-constructed book that confidently straddles feminist legal theory, socio-legal jurisprudence, and legal positivism. It offers a fresh take on the relationship between gender and law which chimes with convention, in order to challenge it ... The book is highly readable, thought-provoking, and well executed. Informationen zum Autor Joanne Conaghan is a Professor of Law at the University of Bristol and former Head of School at the University of Kent. She is co-author of The Wrongs of Tort (with Professor Wade Mansell) and co-editor of the New Oxford Companion to Law (with Professor Peter Cane). She has published extensively in the field of gender and law and is a former Managing Editor of the international journal, Feminist Legal Studies. Joanne is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and Deputy Chair of the Law Research Excellence Framework panel. Klappentext What role does gender play in shaping the law and legal thinking? This book provides an answer to this question, examining the historical role of gender in law and the relevance of gender to modern jurisprudence. It presents a clear, concise introduction to thinking about gender issues for lawyers and law students. Zusammenfassung What role does gender play in shaping the law and legal thinking? This book provides an answer to this question, examining the historical role of gender in law and the relevance of gender to modern jurisprudence. It presents a clear, concise introduction to thinking about gender issues for lawyers and law students.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Conaghan, Joanne (Professor of Law Conaghan, Conaghan Joanne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2013
• EAN: 9780199592920
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959292-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Clarendon Law Series; Clarendon Law; Clarendon Law Series; Clarendon Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / Discrimination, LAW / Gender & the Law, Gender & the law, Gender studies, gender groups, Law and society, gender issues, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Discrimination in employment law