Gender trials : emotional lives in contemporary law firms /

This ethnography examines the gendered nature of today's large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, Jennifer Pierce discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women law...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Law firms > Social aspects > United States.
Practice of law > Social aspects > United States.
Sex role in the work environment > United States.
Cabinets d'avocat > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Droit > Pratique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Law firms > Social aspects.
Practice of law > Social aspects.
Sex role in the work environment.
Advocaten.
Advocatenkantoren.
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Law - U.S. - General.
Rôle selon le sexe au travail > États-Unis.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This ethnography examines the gendered nature of today's large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, Jennifer Pierce discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women lawyers and paralegals.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 256 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.
ISBN:9780520916401
0520916409
0585033900
9780585033907

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