Women in Law

A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

Rebecca M. Salokar, Mary Volcansek

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 1996
• Print ISBN: 9780313294105
• eBook ISBN: 9781567509144
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

Forty-three women who have made major contributions to the law through their work in the legal profession, scholarly legal research, and political activism directed at socio-legal reforms are profiled in this bio-bibliographical sourcebook. The women featured are from countries and regions with a Western legal tradition, including North America, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. Each profile contains extended biographical information and details significant achievements and contributions to the law made by each woman, followed by references. Forty-three women who have made major contributions to the law through their work in the legal profession, scholarly legal research, and political activism directed at socio-legal reforms are profiled in this bio-bibliographical sourcebook. The women featured are from countries and regions with a Western legal tradition, including North America, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. Each profile contains extended biographical information—their family backgrounds, education, and career development—and their significant achievements and contributions to law. The women featured include a number of those who were path-breakers like Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Bertha Wilson, the first woman to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court. Scholars like Margaret Somerville (Canada) and Beverly Blair Cook (U.S.), and political activists like Helene St^Docker (Germany) and Leah Tsemel (Israel) are also included. The introduction to the work presents a comprehensive and historical overview of the role of women as citizens, scholars, lawyers, judges, office holders, and activists, and also provides a review of the scholarship on women in law.

Table of contents

• Introduction Mary L. Volcansek
• Florence Ellinwood Allen Sarah Wilson
• Mary Arden Donald W. Jackson
• Anita Augsburg Mary L. Volcansek and Luba DeWitt
• Suzanne Bastid-Basdevant Jacqueline Lucienne Lafon
• Miriam Ben-Porat Martin Edelman
• Myra Bradwell Mary L. Volcansek
• Beverly Blair Cook Lee Epstein
• Irene R. Cortes C. Neal Tate
• Takako Doi William B. Cleary
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rebecca Mae Salokar
• Brenda Marjorie Hale Donald W. Jackson
• Rosalyn Higgins Donald W. Jackson
• Leonilde Iotti Maria Elisabetta de Franciscis
• Barbara Charline Jordan Cassandra R. Veney
• Sylvie Kanigi Kevin Hill
• Carrie Burnham Kilgore Greg Casey
• Helen Kinnear Marie Corbett and Doris Corbett
• Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Teresa Scassa
• Jutta Limbach Donald P. Kommers
• Burnita Shelton Matthews Cynthia Harrison
• Beverley McLachlin C. Lynn Smith
• Soia Mentschikoff Zipporah Batshaw Wiseman
• Constance Baker Motley Gilbert Ware
• Emily Ferguson Murphy John McLaren
• Eleanor Holmes Norton Valerie L. Patterson
• Sandra Day O’Connor Rebecca Mae Salokar and Michael Wilson
• Sadako Ogata David Wessels with Yoshihide Soeya and Masatsugu Naya
• Cecilia Muñoz Palma Lawrence W. Beer
• Tamar Pelleg-Sryck Cheryl A. Rubenberg
• Janet Reno Giselle De Bruno Jamison
• Mary Robinson Jerome O’Callaghan
• Flerida Ruth P. Romero C. Neal Tate
• Simone Rozès-Ludwig Jacqueline Lucienne Lafon
• Wiltraut Rupp-von Brünneck Donald P. Kommers
• Helga Seibert Donald P. Kommers
• Elisabeth Selbert Mary L. Volcansek and Luba DeWitt
• Margaret A. Somerville Lawrence W. Beer
• Helene Stöcker Mary L. Volcansek and Luba DeWitt
• Helen Suzman John Dugard
• Leah Tsemel Cheryl A. Rubenberg
• Agathe Uwilingiyimana Kevin Hill
• Simone Veil-Jacob Jacqueline Lucienne Lafon
• Bertha Wilson Mary Jane Mossman
• Appendix
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors