Women, Judging and the Judiciary: From Difference to Diversity

ISBN-13: 9780415630016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Erika Rackley

Opis

'Women, Judging and the Judiciary' explores continuing debates about gender representation in the judiciary and, more specifically, the importance of judicial diversity, in order to provide a fresh look at the role of the (woman) judge and the process of judging.

Recenzje

"... the qualitative examples that are contained in the book are englightening and do engage the reader." - Bobbie A. Walker, St. Catherines ON

Spis treści

1. Positioning the Woman Judge; 2. Delivering Diversity in the Legal Profession; 3. Appointing Judicial Diversity; 4. Representations of the Woman Judge: Revisiting the Little Mermaid; 5. Difference and the Default Judge; 6. Making the Case for Judicial Diversity

O autorze

Erika Rackley is a Professor of Law at Durham University, UK. She is co-author, with Kirsty Horsey, of Tort Law (Oxford University Press, 2nd edn, 2011) and co-editor, with Rosemary Hunter and Clare McGlynn, of Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice (Hart Publishing, 2010) and, with Janice Richardson, of Feminist Perspectives on Tort Law (Routledge: 2012).