Law and society, gender issues

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

This book tells the real-life horror story of states'' abusing laws and infringing on rights to police women and their pregnancies.

This book tells the real-life horror story of states'' abusing laws and infringing on rights to police women and their pregnancies.

This new edition of Merry E.

This new edition of Merry E.

Reproductive justice theory made real through re-imagining critical cases addressing pregnancy, parenting, and the law''s treatment of marginalized women.

Reproductive justice theory made real through re-imagining critical cases addressing pregnancy, parenting, and the law''s treatment of marginalized women.

Explores unspoken beliefs that engender workplace behaviour and legislative/judicial failures that contribute to the “glass ceiling” and workplace inequality.

A compelling collection of essays by female scholars examining the relationships between sustainability, corporations and the role of gender.

Offers a bold and original thesis and explains why feminism, joining men and women, is the key to resistance.

Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women''s rights.

Explores the ECtHR''s understanding of what it means to be a ''father'' and the role of doctrines of interpretation.

Offers a bold and original thesis and explains why feminism, joining men and women, is the key to resistance.

Explains the adoption, diffusion of, and resistance to gender quotas in politics, corporate boards and public administration across Europe.

LGBT, faith, and academic thought-leaders explore prospects for laws protecting each community''s core interests and possible resolutions for culture-war conflicts.

A feminist rewrite of tort law cases that reveals gender bias and the law''s failure to redress serious harms to women.

Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women''s rights.

If you''ve dreamed of walking free of sexual harassment, you will understand why it''s time to end stop-and-frisk policing.

A study of gendered agency under neoliberal structures, seen through the life stories and narratives of Kenyan sex workers.

Explores the role of NGOs as mediators in crucial litigation cases on women''s rights in South Africa.

If you''ve dreamed of walking free of sexual harassment, you will understand why it''s time to end stop-and-frisk policing.

Detailed study of the ICC''s practice in prosecuting gender-based crimes, current up to the ICC Statute''s twentieth anniversary in 2018.

Explores the role of NGOs as mediators in crucial litigation cases on women''s rights in South Africa.

A feminist rewrite of tort law cases that reveals gender bias and the law''s failure to redress serious harms to women.

Explores the ECtHR''s understanding of what it means to be a ''father'' and the role of doctrines of interpretation.

A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.

A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.

Explains the adoption, diffusion of, and resistance to gender quotas in politics, corporate boards and public administration across Europe.

Develops a new account of historical injustice and redress, demonstrating why a consideration of history is crucial for gender equality.

This book explains when and why governments around the world take action to advance - or undermine - women''s rights.

This book explains when and why governments around the world take action to advance - or undermine - women''s rights.

Feminist scholars rewrite major tax decisions in order to illustrate the key role of viewpoint in statutory interpretation.

Feminist scholars rewrite major tax decisions in order to illustrate the key role of viewpoint in statutory interpretation.

This book is an urban ethnographic study of several Muslim women''s organisations in northern India.

A study of how the development of representative politics in late-colonial India transformed notions of family, gender and religious community.

A study of how the development of representative politics in late-colonial India transformed notions of family, gender and religious community.

Examines the law governing consent to medical treatment for trans youth in Australia, England and Wales.

Examines the law governing consent to medical treatment for trans youth in Australia, England and Wales.

Provides insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira—gender nonconforming individuals in Pakistan.

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.

Studies transformations in law and gender in modern India, proposing drivers of change are emerging from beyond traditional institutions.

The futures of reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ liberation are intimately connected.

Set in different national contexts (Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Laos, Norway, Thailand) and in different social science disciplines, the chapters of this volume aim at questioning anti-trafficking policies and their practical impact on sex work regulation.

Set in different national contexts (Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Laos, Norway, Thailand) and in different social science disciplines, the chapters of this volume aim at questioning anti-trafficking policies and their practical impact on sex work regulation.

This book explores the experience of immigration enforcement for women who have been detained in immigration detention in the UK.

This book explores the experience of immigration enforcement for women who have been detained in immigration detention in the UK.

Feminist approaches to international law have been mischaracterised by the mainstream of the discipline as being a niche field that pertains only to women's lived experiences and their participation in decision-making processes.