Gender, Sex and the Law
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Gender, Sex and the Law

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Gender, Sex and the Law

About this book

Originally published in 1985 Gender, Sex and the Law explores the way in which the law, at its various levels of jurisdiction, justifies its discrimination against women in terms of the physiological differences between the sexes. The book examines the wider and most pervasive consequences of this as it affects women in their legal status, their rights, obligations and duties and in their confrontation with the law. Whilst it focuses principally on the contemporary implications of this legal perception in the sphere of crime, work and medical practice, there is also discussion of the historical development of these attitudes. The book has appeal across subject boundaries, it sets out what was bothering feminists lawyers and activists in the 1980s, matters still bothering us today.

This book is a re-issue originally published in 1985. The language used and views portrayed are a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040165904
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Gender & The Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Dedication Page
  10. Introduction
  11. CHAPTER ONE Transsexual Troubles: The Discrepancy Between Legal and Social Categories Katherine O’Donovan
  12. CHAPTER TWO Women and Childcare: The Paradox of Divorce Susan Maidment
  13. CHAPTER THREE The Politics of Maternity: Childbirth Freedom v Obstetric Control Beverley Beech
  14. CHAPTER FOUR Unequal Opportunities: Women, Employment and the Law Peggy Kahn
  15. CHAPTER FIVE Pregnancy and Employment Law Judith Mayhew
  16. CHAPTER SIX Women, Immigration and Nationality W.I.N.G. London
  17. CHAPTER SEVEN Gender ’Justice’? Defending Defendants and Mitigating Sentence Susan Edwards
  18. CHAPTER EIGHT A Plea for PMT in the Criminal Law Linda Luckhaus
  19. CHAPTER NINE Male Violence Against Women: Excusatory and Explanatory Ideologies in Law and Society Susan Edwards
  20. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  21. INDEX