Gender and the Law provides an ideal introduction to gender and feminist theory for law studentswho are taking gender and law-focused modules. It addresses many of the complex and controversial debates around gender.
Gender and the Law provides an ideal introduction to gender and feminist theory for law studentswho are taking gender and law-focused modules. It addresses many of the complex and controversial debates around gender.
Judith Bourne is Senior Lecturer in Law at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. She leads the First Women Lawyers in Great Britain & the Empire symposia and is author of Helena Normanton and the Opening of the Bar to Women. Her primary research interests include feminist legal history, Land Law and Equity and Trusts. Caroline Derry is Lecturer in Law at the Open University where her primary research interests include gender, sexuality and the criminal law; feminist perspectives on criminal and evidence law; and feminist and lesbian legal history.
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1: Introduction 2: Legal theories 3: Women's Evolving Legal Status 4: Beyond the gender binary? 5: Employment 6: Regulating Relationships 7: Gender norms in the criminal courts 8: Consent 9: Sexual offences 10: Reproductive Bodies 11: Regulating pornography and prostitution
