Desde las narrativas construidas en los medios de comunicación hasta las fórmulas morales, pasando por los preceptos religiosos y las ideologías jurídicas, los discursos sociales vigentes establecen que, entre todas las acciones legalmente prohibidas, el asesinato es el que merece la pena más severa.
This book considers Section 21 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and its significant impact on previously invisible married women in the 19th century.
This book investigates the experiences of women in Zimbabwe facing COVID-19 and gender-based violence, arguing that the insights from this extremely tough period could be used as a springboard for positive legal, cultural and policy changes.
Changing Abortion Laws in Mexico Through Advocacy and Human Rights presents the recent evolution of abortion laws in Mexico (2007-2021) and how advocates have shaped them through human rights discourses, challenging social norms.
The construction industry has historically been male-dominated due to societal expectations and biases, specifically around the physical demands of the job, as well as a lack of role models and mentors.
The construction industry has historically been male-dominated due to societal expectations and biases, specifically around the physical demands of the job, as well as a lack of role models and mentors.
From debt to divorce, from adultery to slander, cases with women as plaintiffs, defendants, or both appeared regularly on docket books in antebellum Illinois.
What the #MeToo Movement Highlights and Hides about Workplace Sexual Harassment seeks to examine both the spotlights (Part I) and the shadows (Part II) of the #MeToo movement, setting a research agenda to examine both more carefully in management research.
En los últimos años, diversas encuestas reflejan el descrédito y la ausencia de legitimación social que sufre el accionar del Poder Judicial en nuestro país.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONDiscover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain s foremost lawyers.
In "Frauen in der Freimaurerei" nimmt Autorin Gwenda Roland die Leserschaft mit auf eine aufschlussreiche Reise durch die Geschichte und Gegenwart weiblicher Beteiligung in der Freimaurerei, einem Bereich, der traditionell als männlich dominiert gilt.
Women's Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years shines new light on 33 legal landmarks, many forgotten today, that affected women in England and Wales between 1918 and 1939.
Bringing together cutting edge and diverse research from international and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book initiates and shapes conversations about transgender people within the criminal justice system.
This report analyzes how to untangle and simplify the complex product-specific rules of origin (PSRO) in free trade agreements in Asia and the Pacific and explores how technology can cut red tape and reduce inefficiencies impacting trade.
This book critically engages criminal law issues relating to sexuality and violence in order to argue that an attention to emotions can produce a more nuanced, and more adequate, feminist account of legal subjectivity.
This book maps the problems and possibilities of the policies and practices designed to tackle violence against women in the domestic sphere over the last 40 years.
This book addresses the intersections of gender, sexuality and social justice in relation to dominant development and policy discourses and interventions.
This book addresses the intersections of gender, sexuality and social justice in relation to dominant development and policy discourses and interventions.
This book considers the concept of consent in different contexts with the aim of exploring the nuances of what consent means to different people and in different situations.
This book considers the concept of consent in different contexts with the aim of exploring the nuances of what consent means to different people and in different situations.
In the context of the 2016 presidential election, which was rife with charges of sexist actions, this book explains how common such behavior is among executives, why law doesn't protect victims, and how female professionals can bring change.
