Gender and careers in the legal academy. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ulrike Schultz, Gisela Shaw, Margaret Thornton, Rosemary Auchmuty.
• Editors: Schultz, Ulrike; Shaw, Gisela; Thornton, Margaret (Margaret Rose); Auchmuty, Rosemary
• Contents: Introduction: Gender and Careers in the Legal Academy: Overview and Synthesis Ulrike Schultz, FernUniversität in Hagen, GermanyPART IGENDER AND CAREERS IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY1. Gender and Careers in the Legal Academy in Germany: Women's Difficult Path from Pioneers to a (Still Contested) Minority Ulrike Schultz, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany2. Gender and the Legal Academy in the UK: A Product of Proxies and Hiring and Promotion Practices Liz Duff, University of Westminster, UK and Lisa Webley, University of Birmingham, UK3. The Feminisation of Legal Academia in Quebec: Achievements and Challenges Julie Paquin, University of Ottawa, Canada4. Women, Difference and Identities in the Brazilian Legal Professoriate Maria da Gloria Bonelli, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil5. India's Women Legal Academics: Who They Are and Where You Might Find Them Swethaa S Ballakrishnen, University of California, Irvine, USA and Rupali Samuel is a human rights lawyer and researcher based in New Delhi 6. Women in the Legal Academy at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires Beatriz Kohen, University of Palermo, Italy, Sonia Ariza Navarrete, University of Palermo, Italy and Maria de los Angeles Ramallo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina7. Breaking the Veil of Masculinity? Women and the Legal Academy in Ghana J Jarpa Dawuni, Howard University, USA PART IIHISTORY OF WOMEN IN LAW FACULTIES8. Why not Faster? Women in the Czech and Czechoslovak Legal Academy Jan Kober, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic9. Gender and Law Teaching in Scotland Peter Robson, University of Strathclyde, UK10. Women's Entry and Integration into Israel's Legal Academia: History, Story, Non-Story and the Men(tor) Eyal Katvan, Peres Academic Center, Israel and Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Bar-Ilan University, Israel11. Women Legal Academics in China Xiaonan Liu, China University of Political Science and Law, China12. Women Law Teachers in the Philippines then, Now and Six Decades in between: The Cheerless Transformation of a Road Less Travelled to a Path Oft-Chosen for Convenience Emily Sanchez Salcedo, De La Salle University, Philippines PART IIIFIRST AND EARLY WOMEN LAW PROFESSORS13. Madeleine Gevers-Dwelshauvers (1897–1994). A Grande Dame at the Université Libre de Bruxelles Hans den Tonkelaar, Radboud University, the Netherlands 14. Compromise, Autonomy and Courage: Derkje Hazewinkel-Suringa, First Female Law Professor in the Netherlands (1889–1970) Leny de Groot-van Leeuwen, Radboud University, the Netherlands 15. Inkeri Anttila, the First Woman Law Professor in Finland (1916–2013) Harriet Silius, Abo Akademi University, Finland16. Women and the Legal Academy in Estonia: In Memory of Vera Poska-Grünthal, the First Woman Law Lecturer in Tartu Merike Ristikivi, University of Tartu, Estonia17. Alice Erh-Soon Tay and the Character of Legal Knowledge Susan Bartie, University of Tasmania18. Oral History and Australia's First Women Law Professors Kim Rubenstein, University of Canberra, Australia19. The Way to Barbara Armstrong, First Tenure-Track Law Professor in an Accredited US Law School Susan D Carle, American University Washington, USA20. Why Aisha Rateb could not become Egypt's First Female Judge, and became Egypt's First Female Law Professor Instead Omnia Mehanna, Egypt country national coordinator of the African Union of Development NGOs (UAOD) and Nadia Sonneveld, Leiden University, the Netherlands21. First Female Law Student and Law Professor in Kuwait: Badria Al-Awadhi Opens Doors for Women in Law 1967–2020 Rania Maktabi, Ostfold University College, Norway PART IVPERSONAL NARRATIVES22. Memories: Becoming a Law Professor Celia Wells, University of Bristol, UK23. 'Herculean Obstacles and Intrepid Complainants': The Sex Discrimination Complaint at Osgoode Hall Law School, 1987–1994Mary Jane Mossman, York University, Canada PART VFEMINISM IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY24. The Road to Olive Stone Rosemary Auchmuty, University of Reading, UK and Jennifer Temkin, University of Sussex, UK25. The First and Last(?) Feminist Law Professors in Australia Margaret Thornton, Australian National University26. Feminist Legal Academics: Changing the Epistemology of American Law through Conflicts, Controversies and Comparisons Carrie Menkel-Meadow, University of California, Irvine, USA PART VIREFLECTIONS ON MASCULINITIES AND FEMININITIES IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY27. Rethinking Masculinities in the Legal Academy: Men, Gender and Legal Careers (Or, Whatever Happened to the 'Nutty Professor'?) Richard Collier, Newcastle University, UK28. Patriarchal Discourses in the UK Legal Academy: The Case of the Reasonable Man Hilary Sommerlad, Leeds University, UK.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 340.082; Women lawyers; Women judges; Practice of law; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509923120; 9781509923137
• Related ISBNs: 9781509923113
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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