Gender & The Law

Sometimes ideas change the world. This astonishing, miraculous, shattering, inspiring book captures the origins and the arc of the movement for sex...

Written from an ethnographic perspective, this book investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in Gaza-Palestine. It examines th...

This book asks the fundamental question of how new human rights issues emerge in the human rights debate. To answer this, the book focuses on nongo...

Erika Bachiochi offers an original look at the development of feminism in the United States, advancing a vision of rights that rests upon our respo...

Erika Bachiochi offers an original look at the development of feminism in the United States, advancing a vision of rights that rests upon our respo...

The #MeToo movement inspired millions to testify to the widespread experience of sexual violence. More broadly, it shifted the deeply ingrained res...

Stories of Care: A Labour of Law is an interdisciplinary study of the interactions of law and labour that shape paid care work. Based on the experi...

Shame, Gender Violence, and Ethics: Terrors of Injustice draws from contemporary, concrete atrocities against women and marginalized communities to...

Too much attention is paid to the absence of women leaders around the world rather than their presence, leaving a gap in our understanding of the d...

'Compulsively readable' Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' Philippa Gregory ...

'Compulsively readable' Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' Philippa Gregory ...

A unique introduction to the constitutional arguments for and against the right to abortion In January 1973, the Supreme Courts opinion in Roe v. W...

A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX No ...

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

Gender and punishment in Ireland explores womens lethal violence in Ireland. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, including government docum...

At what age do girls gain the maturity to make sexual choices? This question provokes especially vexed debates in India, where early marriage is a ...

Law and Gender in Modern Ireland: Critique and Reform is the first generalist text to tackle the intersection of law and gender in this jurisdictio...

Winner, Sexuality and Politics Book Award - American Political Science Association Finalist, PROSE Award - Government and Politics What the evolvi...

Explores the burgeoning menstrual advocacy movement and analyzes how law should evolve to take menstruation into account. Approximately half the po...

In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of battered woman syndrome was admissible in establishin...

Half a century after the beginning of the second wave, feminist legal theorists are still writing about many of the subjects they addressed early o...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA's ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Award WITH A BRAND-NEW AFTERWORD FOR 2024 COVERING RUSSELL BRAND, LUIS RUBIALES AND OTH...

The last few decades have seen remarkable developments in international criminal justice, especially in relation to the pursuit of individuals resp...

The notion that children constitute an important group of rights holders has gained increasing acceptance both domestically and internationally. Ne...

The notion that children constitute an important group of rights holders has gained increasing acceptance both domestically and internationally. Ne...

Womens Legal Landmarks commemorates the centenary of womens admission in 1919 to the legal profession in the UK and Ireland by identifying key lega...

In this first legal analysis of Title IX, Deborah L. Brake assesses the statutes successes and failures, using a feminist theory lens to understand...

Drawing on the insights of Indigenous feminist legal theory, Emily Snyder examines representations of Cree law and gender in books, videos, graphic...

A critical analysis of marriage law in India from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century In State, Law and Gender, Shreya Roy highlights h...

During the 1970s, grassroots women activists in and outside of prisons forged a radical politics against gender violence and incarceration. Emily L...

When we imagine life behind the high walls of the fortress-like prisons that were built and modified as the modern prison system was created in the...

Since the publication of the first edition of Supreme Court Decisions and Womens Rights in 2000, there have been significant developments both in t...

Despite ongoing challenges to the criminalisation and surveillance of queer lives, police leaders are now promoted as allies and defenders of LGBT ...

At what age do girls gain the maturity to make sexual choices? This question provokes especially vexed debates in India, where early marriage is a ...

This Nutshell presents a very timely overview of legal topics relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and the law. Topics covered include: ...

The EU has slowly but surely developed a solid body of equality law that prohibits different facets of discrimination. While the Union had initial...

Gendered Justice seeks to enhance knowledge and practice in relation to criminalised women and anyone affected by their imprisonment. It calls for ...