To Speak as a Judge: Difference, Voice and Power

ISBN-13: 9781138393516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 250 str.

Sandra Berns

Opis

First published in 1999, this volume explores the nature of adjudication in the common law tradition from a feminist postmodernist perspective.

Spis treści

1. Speaking and Judging. 2. Authority and the Voice of the Other. 3. Speaking Law and Rendering Judgement. 4. The Subversive Moment. 5. Free Will and the Judge as Subject. 6. From Polyvocality to Narrative Coherence. 7. Texts, Authority and the Force of Law. 8. Judgment as Rhetoric. 9. To Speak as a Judge/Woman: A Different Voice? 10. Justice, Finally.

O autorze

Sandra Berns, Faculty of Law, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia