Women, judging, and the judiciary : from difference to diversity / Erika Rackley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rackley, Erika, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women judges--England.

Women judges.

Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--England.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women judges--Wales.

Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Wales.

Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation.

England.

Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women, Judging and the Judiciary examines debates about gender representation in the judiciary and the importance of judicial diversity. It offers a fresh look at the role of the (woman) judge and the process of judging and provides a new analysis of the assumptions which underpin and constrain debates about why we might want a more diverse judiciary, and how we might get one. Through a theoretical engagement with the concepts of diversity and difference in adjudication, Women, Judging and the Judiciary contends that prevailing images of the judge are enmeshed in noti

Contents:

Positioning the woman judge

Delivering diversity in the legal profession

Appointing judicial diversity

Representations of the woman judge : revisiting the little mermaid : setting the scene

Difference and the default judge

Making the case for judicial diversity.

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-22588-9

1-283-91926-5

0-203-09818-8

1-136-22589-7

9780203098189

OCLC:

823389950