Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific

ISBN-13: 9781108999878 / Miękka / 2023 / 339 str.

Opis

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.

Recenzje

'Moving beyond demographic description, Crouch brings together crucial scholarship on the possibilities for thick feminism when the judiciary is substantially (and sustainably) feminized. Using accounts across eight locations, this volume considers the structural conditions that realize and resist women's accession to these positions of power, as well as their complicated individual narratives of success while navigating these conditions. In doing so, it forces us to (re)consider the location of the Global South and its actors in legal profession scholarship.' Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine

Spis treści

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The feminisation of the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific Melissa Crouch and Natasha Naidu; 2. To join the bench and be decision-makers: Women judges in Pacific islands judiciaries Anna Dziedzic; 3. Women, adjudication and judging in Sri Lanka Dinesha Samararatne; 4. Women in the judiciary in Thailand Sarah Bishop; 5. The promise and paradox of women judges in the judiciary in Indonesia Melissa Crouch; 6. Filipino women judges and their role in advancing judicial independence in the Philippines Imelda Deinla; 7. One decade of female judges in the Malaysian Shariah judiciary: Promises to keep and miles to go Kerstin Steiner; 8. Examining women in the Nepalese judiciary through the lens of mobility Subas Dhakal, Justice Gauri Dhakal and Justice Sharada Shrestha; 9. Feminising the Indian judiciary: The gender gap and the possibilities of objectivity Simashree Bora; 10. Concluding remarks Ulrike Schultz.