Law and the Quest for Gender Equality

Law and the Quest for Gender Equality

"For centuries, law was used to subordinate women and exclude them from the public sphere, so it cannot be expected to become a source of equality instantaneously or without resistance from benchmark men--that is, those who are white, heterosexual, able-bodied and middle class. Equality, furthe...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press, issuing body (issuing body)
Other Authors: Thornton, Margaret author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, ACT : ANU Press [2023]
Edition:First edition
Series:Global Thinkers Series
Subjects:
Gender identity > Law and legislation > Australia.
Women > Social conditions > Law and legislation > Australia.
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation > Australia.
Sex and law > Australia.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009752682506719
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I: Women as Nonpersons
  • 1. Edith Haynes challenges the legal profession.
  • pt. II: The limits of law
  • 2. Feminist jurisprudence: illusion or reality?
  • 3. The contradictions of law reform.
  • pt. III: Legislating for equality
  • 4. Feminism and the changing state.
  • 5. Sexual harassment losing sight of sex discrimination.
  • pt. IV: Engendering legal practice
  • 6. Hypercompetitiveness or a balanced life?
  • 7. The flexible cyborg.
  • 8. Who cares? The conundrum for gender equality.
  • pt. V: Gender and judging
  • 9. Sex discrimination, courts and corporate power.
  • 10. The High Court and judicial activism.
  • 11. 'Otherness' on the bench.
  • pt. VI: Diversifying legal education
  • 12. Wondering what to do about legal education.
  • 13. Why the gender and colour of law remain the same.
  • pt. VII: The corporatised academy
  • 14. Universities upside-down.
  • 15. The mirage of merit.

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