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Women in the world's legal professions /
Women lawyers, less than a century ago still almost a contradiction in terms, have come to stay. Who are they? Where are they? What impact have they had on the profession that had for so long been a bastion of male domination? These are key questions asked in this first comprehensive study of women...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart,
2003.
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| Colección: | Oñati international series in law and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction: Women in the World''s Legal Professions: Overview and Synthesis; Part 1: Women Lawyers in the Common Law World; 1. Gender and the Profession: An American Perspective; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 PROFESSIONAL ROLES; 3 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; 4 REFERENCES; 2. The Effect of Lawyer Gender on Client Perceptions of Lawyer Behaviour; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE PROJECT; 3 METHODOLOGY; 4 DATA ANALYSIS; 5 CONCLUSION; 6 REFERENCES; 3. Gender in Context: Women in Family Law; 1 INTRODUCTION.
- 2 THE CONTEXT: FAMILY LAW PRACTICE3 GENDER SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; 4 OTHER SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND LEGAL FORCES; 5 CONCLUSION; 6 REFERENCES; 4. Barriers to Gender Equality in the Canadian Legal Establishment; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE HISTORICAL EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM THE LEGAL PROFESSION; 3 CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS OF INEQUALITY; 4 ONGOING STRUGGLES IN THE CANADIAN LEGAL PROFESSION; 5 CONCLUSION: REFORM AND INNOVATION IN THE CANADIAN LEGAL PROFESSION; 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 7 REFERENCES; 5. Engendering the Legal Profession: the Education Strategy; 1 INTRODUCTION.
- 2 THE SEMINAR ON GENDER EQUALITY FOR THREE TORONTO LAW FIRMS3 CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS; 4 RETHINKING GENDER EQUALITY EDUCATION AS A STRATEGY FOR CHANGE; 5 REFERENCES; 6. Women in the Legal Profession: The Australian Profile; 1 STRUCTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN AUSTRALIA; 2 NUMBER OF WOMEN LAWYERS/MALE LAWYERS; 3 SPECIALISATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS; 4 THE JUDICIARY; 5 CHANGES OVER TIME; 6 LEGAL HIERARCHY; 7 CAREER PATTERNS; 8 INCOME DIFFERENCES; 9 PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT; 10 FIRST WOMEN LAWYERS TO BE ADMITTED/APPOINTED TOTHE JUDICIARY; 11 WOMEN IN LEADING POSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS.
- 12 WOMEN TEACHING LAW13 WOMEN IN LEGAL EDUCATION; 14 CONCLUSIONS; 15 REFERENCES; 7. Women Barristers and Gender Difference; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 WOMEN WITHIN HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY: HONORARY BLOKES; 3 WOMEN AS THE 'OTHER' OF MASCULINITY; 4 EDUCATION AND CONFORMITY; 5 WOMEN'S SUBVERSION OF TRADITION; 6 CONCLUSION; 7 REFERENCES; 8. New Zealand Women Lawyers at the End of the Twentieth Century; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION; 3 WOMEN IN THE NEW ZEALAND LEGAL PROFESSION TODAY; 4 INCOME; 5 TIME SPENT IN THE PROFESSION; 6 PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS FOR WOMEN LAWYERS.
- 7 CONCLUSION8 REFERENCES; 9. The Status of Women Lawyers in the United Kingdom; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE STRUCTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSION; 3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE ENTRY OF WOMEN INTO LAW; 4 THE FIRST WOMEN LAW STUDENTS AND LEGAL ACADEMICS; 5 WOMEN LAW STUDENTS IN THE 1990S; 6 WOMEN LEGAL ACADEMICS; 7 WOMEN SOLICITORS IN THE 1990S; 8 WOMEN BARRISTERS IN THE 1990S; 9 WOMEN JUDGES; 10 CONCLUSIONS; 11 REFERENCES; 10. Strategies for Reforming the English Solicitor''s Profession: An Analysis of the Business Case for Sex Equality; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE STATUS OF WOMEN SOLICITORS.