Men, Law and Gender: Essays on the 'Man' of Law

ISBN-13: 9781904385493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 296 str.

Richard Collier

Opis

What does it mean to speak of 'men' as a gender category in relation to law? How does law relate to masculinities? This book presents the first comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between men, law and gender; outlining the contours of the 'man' of law across diverse areas of legal and social policy. Written in a theoretically informed, yet accessible style, Men, Law and Gender provides an introduction to the study of law and masculinities whilst calling for a richer, more nuanced conceptual framework in which men's legal practices and subjectivities might be approached. Building on recent sociological work concerned with the relational nature of gender and personal life, Richard Collier argues that social, cultural and economic changes have reshaped ideas about men and masculinities in ways that have significant implications for law. Bringing together voices and disciplines that are rarely considered together, he explores the way ideas about men have been contested and politicised in the legal arena. Including original empirical studies of male lawyers, the legal profession and fathers' rights and law reform, alongside discussions of university law schools and legal academics, and family policy and parenting cultures, this innovative, timely and important text provides a unique and important insight into the relationship between law, men and masculinities. It will be required reading for academics and students in law and legal theory, socio-legal studies, gender studies, sociology and social policy, as well as policy-makers and others concerned with the changing nature of gender relations.

This book presents the first published comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between law and masculinities. It provides a general introduction to the subject whilst, via a series of interlinked readings, engaging with the difficult question of what it means to speak of the masculinity of law in the first place. As a study of the bigger picture of the relationship between men and law, the result is an innovative, timely and important text which has the potential to reach a diverse readership within the sub-fields of legal studies and across other disciplines.

Spis treści

1. Men, Masculinities and Law: Recasting the ‘Man Question’ in Legal Studies  2. The Restructured University – Rethinking the Gendered Law School  3. Beyond the ‘Private Life’ of the Law School: Class and the (Legal) Academic Subject  4. ‘Read What The Law Firms Say’: Gender and the Representation of Career Success in the Contemporary Legal Profession  5. Engaging Fathers, Changing Men?: Law, Gender and Parenting Cultures  6. ‘Please Send Me Evenings and Weekends’: Male Lawyers, Gender and the Negotiation of Work and Family Commitments  7. On Fathers’ Rights, Law and Gender: Recasting the Questions About Men, Masculinities and Personal Life

O autorze

Richard Collier is Professor of Law at the University of Newcastle UK.