Law and society, gender issues

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

What Women Want is a trenchant examination of the struggle for women's equality, and a prescription for what to focus on next in order to ensure maximum success.

Winner of the 2016 Book Award from the American Society of Criminology, Division of Critical Criminology.

What role do transitional justice processes play in determining the gender outcomes of transitions from conflict and authoritarianism?

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

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

The distinction between male and female, or masculinity and femininity, has long been considered to be foundational to society and the organization of its institutions.

Explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law.

The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women's rights?

This collection of essays honours Rosemary Auchmuty, Professor of Law at the University of Reading, UK.

Drawing on research conducted at 17 Catholic universities in the United States, making it the largest study of its kind, this volume explores effective practice in improving institutional policy relating to issues of sexuality.

The first textbook to consider gender perspectives in relation to the whole undergraduate law curriculum in England and Wales.

Law and Gender in Modern Ireland: Critique and Reform is the first generalist text to tackle the intersection of law and gender in this jurisdiction for over two decades.

Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime.

This book places the intimate experience of fertility control at the heart of political and social approaches toward women's bodies.

This book presents papers from an International Symposium on Contact Disputes and Allegations of Domestic Violence: Identifying Best Practices, held in London in May 2017.

This book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law.

This book critically analyzes the European Union's promotion of LGBTI rights in the international arena.

This book offers a critical appreciation of the nature and impact of coercive control in interpersonal relationships.

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

While an abundance of literature covers the right of states to defend themselves against external aggression, this is the first book dedicated to the right to personal self-defense in international law.

Building on comparative research in the U.

Explores the relationship between constitutional law and feminism, offering a spectrum of approaches and analysis set across a wide range of topics.

More than half the population will experience menopause; it is time for the law to acknowledge it.

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

This book considers the challenges of constitution-making when gender equity and agency are goals.

This book surveys the growing field of Queer Criminology.

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

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

Originally published in 1989.

What should be the primary goals of a judicial appointments system, and how much weight should be placed on diversity in particular?

Despite some significant advances in the creation and protection of rights affecting women's health, these do not always translate into actual health benefits for women.

This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South.

This volume is the first collection of Martha Albertson Fineman's most important and influential work.

This updated tenth edition covers all aspects of prisoners' rights, including an overview of the judicial system and constitutional law and explanation of specific constitutional issues regarding correctional populations.

This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from prisons in Portugal.

From the rise of far-right regimes to the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent years have brought global upheaval as well as the sedimentation of longstanding social inequalities.

Díez explores how and why Latin America has become a leader among nations in the passage of gay marriage legislation.

This book presents a novel and insightful examination of gender-based violence, inviting readers to consider this topic from various perspectives.

In the last 20 years, the related phenomena of honour-based violence and forced marriages have received increasing attention at the international and European level.

2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award - Winner2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award - NominatedThe story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women's workplace rights.

Philosophies of Difference engages with the concept of difference in relation to a number of fundamental philosophical and political problems.

In recent decades, laws and workplace policies have emerged that seek to address the "e;balance"e; between work and family.

This book brings rhetorical, legal, and professional communication perspectives to the discourse surrounding policy-making efforts within the United States around two types of violent crimes against women: domestic violence and sexual assault.

This book addresses the intersections of gender, sexuality and social justice in relation to dominant development and policy discourses and interventions.

Feminism and transgender, as social factions or collective subjectivities, have historically evaded, vilified or negated each other's philosophy and subjectivities.

This book focuses on queer people and their encounters with international law.

Critically examines discrimination and disadvantage suffered by women at work and focuses on the inadequacies of the current law.

This book seeks to understand how women judges are situated as legal knowers on the High Court of Australia by asking whether a near-equal gender balance on the High Court has disrupted the Court's historically masculinist gender regime.