Reimagining the judiciary : women's representation on high courts worldwide / Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Escobar-Lemmon, Maria C., author.

Series:

Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)

Comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women judges.

Courts of last resort.

Judges--Selection and appointment.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This title analyses high courts on a global scale and identifying the role of domestic actors and institutions, and international influences upon women appointments.

Contents:

Cover

Reimagining the Judiciary: Women's Representation on High Courts Worldwide

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

1: Women's Representation on High Courts

1.1 Why the Inclusion of Women in the Judiciary Matters

1.2 Women's Representation on High Courts

1.3 Explaining Women's Representation on High Courts

1.4 Research Design

1.5 Plan of the Book

Part I: A Global and Longitudinal Perspective

2: Breaking New Ground: The First Women on High Courts

2.1 The First Women on High Courts

2.1.1 The Trailblazers, 1945-1969

2.1.2 First Women, 1970-2013

2.2 Theoretical Explanations for When the First Woman Is Appointed

2.2.1 Pipelines to High Courts

2.2.2 Domestic Institutions

2.2.3 International Influences

2.3 Testing Our Expectations

2.3.1 The Dependent Variable

2.3.2 Independent Variables and Controls

2.3.3 How We Estimate the Model

2.3.4 Empirical Results

2.4 Late and Never Appointers, 2013-2020

2.5 Conclusion

3: Where Have Women Made the Most Strides?

3.1 Women Making Strides on High Courts

3.2 Theoretical Explanations for Where Women Made the Most Strides

3.2.1 Pipelines to High Courts

3.2.2 Domestic Institutions

3.2.3 International Influences

3.3 Testing Our Expectations

3.3.1 The Dependent Variable

3.3.2 Independent Variables and Controls

3.3.3 How We Estimate the Model

3.3.4 Empirical Results

3.4 Backsliding: When Do Courts Return to Being All-Men?

3.5 Conclusion

Part II: Pathways and Processes to High Courts

4: Pipelines to High Courts

4.1 What We Know about Judicial Pipelines

4.2 The Rise of Women Lawyers and the First Women on High Courts

4.2.1 The First Women Lawyers: 1900s to 1969

4.2.2 The Rise of Women in the Law: 1970s to 1990s.

4.3 The Typical Pipeline to High Courts in Five Countries

4.4 The Pipeline to the Supreme Court of the United States

4.5 The Pipeline to the Supreme Court of Canada

4.6 The Pipeline to the Supreme Court of Ireland

4.7 The Pipeline to the Constitutional Court of South Africa

4.8 The Pipeline to the Constitutional Court of Colombia

4.9 Conclusion

5: How Institutions Influence the Appointment of Women to High Courts

5.1 Formal Institutions and Women's Representation on High Courts

5.2 Informal Institutions and the Appointment of Women to High Courts

5.3 Domestic Institutions in Five Countries

5.4 The United States

5.5 Canada

5.6 Ireland

5.7 Colombia

5.8 South Africa

5.9 Conclusion

6: International Influences on Women's Representation on High Courts

6.1 The Rise of the Global Norm of Gender Equality in the Judiciary

6.2 Domestic Advocacy Organizations

6.3 CEDAW Commitment

6.4 Regional Norms

6.5 International Influences in Five Case Studies

6.5.1 The United States

6.5.2 Canada

6.5.3 Ireland

6.5.4 Colombia

6.5.5 South Africa

6.6 Conclusion

Part III: Conclusion

Conclusion: Reimagining High Courts

7.1 Reimagine. Challenge. Change.

7.2 A Global and Longitudinal Lens

7.3 Lessons from the Country Case Studies

7.4 What Kind of Diversity for Justice?

7.5 What Works for Advancing Diversity on High Courts?

Appendix 1: Data Coverage

A1.1 Data Coverage on the First Woman

A1.2 Data Coverage on the Composition of High Courts

Appendix 2: Descriptive Statistics

References

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-260602-6

0-19-260601-8

0-19-189356-0