Gender and the European Court of Human Rights

In applying an intersectional feminist legal analysis of the European Court of Human Rights' case law in a variety of human rights issues, this book reveals a different and nuanced understanding of the gender issues. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of European human rights law, gender and intersectional issues.

List of contents

Foreword
1. Introduction
2. The ECtHR as a Legal Institution
3. Judicial Diversity within the ECtHR
4. Gender Equality Case Law
5. Gendered Parenthood
6. Gendered Asylum
7. Gendering Family Reunification Case Law
8. Conclusion

About the author

Sanna Elfving is Senior Lecturer at Lincoln Law School, University of Lincoln, the United Kingdom. She was awarded a PhD in Law with minor corrections from the University of Surrey in 2014. Sanna's research focuses on European Union (EU) law and the European Convention on Human Rights. She has published a co-authored research monograph Gender and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Routledge 2018). Sanna is an elected Convenor of the EU and Competition Law subject section of the Society of Legal Scholars (2023-2026).

Summary

In applying an intersectional feminist legal analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ case law in a variety of human rights issues, this book reveals a different and nuanced understanding of the gender issues. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of European human rights law, gender and intersectional issues.

Product details

• Authors: Sanna Elfving, Elfving Sanna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032563510
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256351-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Research in EU Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / General, LAW / Gender & the Law, Gender & the law, Gender studies, gender groups, Social Law, Law and society, gender issues, Constitutional law and human rights, Social law and Medical law