Gender & The Law

This coursebook introduces students to feminist jurisprudence. The first three chapters develop the historical range of feminist theories. Subseque...

Tort law is the body of law governing negligence, intentional misconduct, and other wrongful acts for which civil actions can be brought. The conve...

In late October 2013, the Miami Dolphins player Jonathan Martin walked out on his team and checked into a mental health institution. The original s...

'Stunning . . . Built like a thriller, moving, wise and illuminated on every page with love' -Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatA parent's deeply mo...

This accessible book introduces the key concepts and theoretical developments of queer criminology and explains what they mean for modern criminal ...

Essentially a Mother argues that the law of pregnancy and motherhood has been overrun by sexist ideology. Courts have held that a pregnant womans n...

Introduces an expansive vision of the family and a brilliant legal arrangement that will protect the lives of millions of adults.   Today, about ha...

Introduces an expansive vision of the family and a brilliant legal arrangement that will protect the lives of millions of adults.   Today, about ha...

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In recent years, the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ persons have received increased legal attention at the international and national level. Conside...

Despite her famous pseudonym, Jane Roe, no one knows the truth about Norma McCorvey (19472017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 1969 opened a great fra...

Revised and Expanded EditionWaitwhat's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil ...

The lives of suffragist-communist-socialite Anita Whitney and Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis converged in the first quarter of the twentieth ...

Among the many important tools feminist legal theorists have given scholars is that of anti-essentialism: all women are not created equal, and priv...

Explores experiences with disability and aging for immigrant survivors of domestic violence across the life course Across the United States, one in...

Explores experiences with disability and aging for immigrant survivors of domestic violence across the life course Across the United States, one in...

The Nordic states were among the first in the world to enact general gender equality and anti-discrimination laws with low threshold enforcement me...

Winner, 2021-2022 AES Senior Book Prize, awarded by the American Ethnological Society Honorable Mention, Senior Book Prize of the Association for F...

Addressing one of the defining social issues of our time, The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America explores how and why Latin America, a cultu...

This casebook on the law of sexual orientation and gender identity weaves interdisciplinary perspectives into the up-to-date coverage of a rapidly ...

'A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms.' IRISH TIMES'A ground-breaking new book.' EVENING STANDARD'A must read.' DAILY EXPRESS'She ...

This book tackles one of the most topical socio-legal issues of today: how the law - in particular, the European Court of Human Rights - is respond...

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Demands for redress of historical injustice are a crucial component of contemporary struggles for social and transnational justice. However, unders...

Could a feminist perspective change the shape of tax laws? Feminist reasoning and analysis are recognized as having tremendous potential to affect ...

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

Law is often perceived as an instrument that can effect social change. While this might be so, it must be complemented by the necessary financial a...

The distinct personal laws that govern the major religious groups are a major aspect of Indian multiculturalism and secularism, and support specifi...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and a Times, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year 2021 In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable tha...

The relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and...

Current histories seem to suggest that men alone have been capable of the development of ideas, analysis, and practice of international law until t...

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'The kind of book that has you screaming Yes! Yes! Yes! Now I get it! on almost every page' Caitlin Moran'Dr Taylor sets out a compelling case . . ...

'The kind of book that has you screaming Yes! Yes! Yes! Now I get it! on almost every page' Caitlin Moran'Dr Taylor sets out a compelling case . . ...