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The First Women Lawyers : a Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions.

Reveals how a number of quite different women engaged with ideas of gender and legal professionalism at the turn of the twentieth century. By situating women's claims for admission to the bar within this context in different jurisdictions, this study examines the intersection of historical idea...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jane, Mossman Mary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Pub., 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Introduction The First Women Lawyers; 1 American Pioneers The First Women Lawyers; 2 Women Lawyers in Canada Becoming Lawyers On the Same Terms as Men; 3 Sound Women and Legal Work The First Women in Law in Britain; 4 Colonies of the British Empire The First Woman Lawyer in New Zealand; 5 The Empire and British India The First Indian Woman In Law; 6 European Connections Women in Law and the Role of Louis Frank; Conclusion Reflecting on the First Women Lawyers; Bibliography; Index.