Law and society, gender issues

The crime of homicide has long animated academic debate, community concern and political attention.

Sex, Sexuality, Law, and (In)Justice covers a wide range of legal issues associated with sexuality, gender, reproduction, and identity.

Sex, Sexuality, Law, and (In)Justice covers a wide range of legal issues associated with sexuality, gender, reproduction, and identity.

The three Abrahamic faiths have dominated religious conversations for millennia but the relations between state and religion are in a constant state of flux.

The three Abrahamic faiths have dominated religious conversations for millennia but the relations between state and religion are in a constant state of flux.

Between 2000 and 2015, women ascended to the top of judiciaries across Africa, most notably as chief justices of supreme courts in common law countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Zambia, but also as presidents of constitutional courts in civil law countries such as Benin, Burundi, Gabon, Niger and Senegal.

Between 2000 and 2015, women ascended to the top of judiciaries across Africa, most notably as chief justices of supreme courts in common law countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Zambia, but also as presidents of constitutional courts in civil law countries such as Benin, Burundi, Gabon, Niger and Senegal.

Analyzing what is known about violence against women, this book centers on the contrast between the U.

Research shows that intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is the most common form of sexual assault.

Research shows that intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is the most common form of sexual assault.

Ageing, Gender and Sexuality focuses on the experiences of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals, in order to analyse how ageing, gender and sexuality intersect to produce particular inequalities relating to resources, recognition and representation in later life.

Ageing, Gender and Sexuality focuses on the experiences of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals, in order to analyse how ageing, gender and sexuality intersect to produce particular inequalities relating to resources, recognition and representation in later life.

This book examines the history and evolution of Title IX, a landmark 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal funding.

This book examines the history and evolution of Title IX, a landmark 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal funding.

This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners: discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings.

This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners: discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of several national case studies on family violence between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, using court records as their main source.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of several national case studies on family violence between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, using court records as their main source.

The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 7 April 2011.

The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 7 April 2011.

The right to social security, found in international law and in the constitutions of many nations, contributes to the alleviation of poverty globally.

The right to social security, found in international law and in the constitutions of many nations, contributes to the alleviation of poverty globally.

This book explores the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in international criminal law and asks what the juridicalisation of gender-based violence signifies for women.

This book explores the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in international criminal law and asks what the juridicalisation of gender-based violence signifies for women.

First published in 1981, this book traces the history of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897-1914.

First published in 1981, this book traces the history of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897-1914.

First published in 1998, this study investigates the effectiveness of services for helping women who are survivors of domestic violence.

First published in 1998, this study investigates the effectiveness of services for helping women who are survivors of domestic violence.

First published in 1985, this is the first published study of violence in the family to be aimed directly at people whose professions bring them into contact with domestic abuse victims, as well as those training for those professions.

First published in 1985, this is the first published study of violence in the family to be aimed directly at people whose professions bring them into contact with domestic abuse victims, as well as those training for those professions.

In the early 1970s, the problem of abuse within the family unit began to surface on a large scale and 1975 was a particularly significant year for the recognition of interfamilial violence.

In the early 1970s, the problem of abuse within the family unit began to surface on a large scale and 1975 was a particularly significant year for the recognition of interfamilial violence.

First published in 1997, this book marks a culmination of a three year research programme focused upon the incidence of domestic violence in Leicester.

First published in 1997, this book marks a culmination of a three year research programme focused upon the incidence of domestic violence in Leicester.

This volume identifies and elaborates on the significance and functions of the various actors involved in the development of family law in the Middle East.

This volume identifies and elaborates on the significance and functions of the various actors involved in the development of family law in the Middle East.

Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

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

Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

Privacy can function as an expressive, anti-subordination tool of resistance that is worthy of constitutional protection.

Considers whether and how constitutions have affirmed women''s equal citizenship status, from the birth of constitutionalism to the present.

Considers whether and how constitutions have affirmed women''s equal citizenship status, from the birth of constitutionalism to the present.

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

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

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

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

This book addresses and analyses the rape sentencing regime in India.

Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

This book tells the long-neglected story of women''s marital denaturalization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.