Gender Perceptions and the Law / Edition 1

by Christine R. Barker, Elizabeth A. Kirk

Overview

Published in 1998. This collection of papers, written by leading lawyers and sociologists in the UK, focuses on the relationships between gender and the law in the context of three areas of law: family law, criminal law and equal rights. The papers argue that gender roles within society affect the legal rights of individuals and impact on procedures they go through to enforce their rights or to gain redress for wrongs done to them. By failing to recognize the social and economic situations in which men and women are placed, the law perpetuates inequalities in their positions. Where attempts are made to ensure equality between the sexes, the result is often the exact opposite, because the legal system treats individuals as equals operating in a vacuum, ignoring the argument that equal treatment does not necessarily mean the same treatment, but can mean different treatment to ensure equality of result. Topics include: • Disputes in the area of parental child custody rights • The rights of surviving spouses to their deceased partner’s estate • Theories for violent behaviour in women as contrasted with men • Gender bias in criminal sentencing • The role of European law in promoting sex equality in the work place • Pornography and free speech • Homosexuality as a civil right of citizenship

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138316416
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christine R. Barker, Elizabeth A. Kirk, Monica Sah

Table of Contents

1. Negotiating Parenthood : Bargaining in the Shadow of a New Law, Carol Smart. 2. Two Contemporary Problems of Family Law – of Fast Track Mothers in Custody Disputes and the Feminisation of Poverty in Later Life, Alastair Bissett-Johnson. 3. ‘Come Out and Fight Like a Woman’: Gender Differences in Violent Behaviour, Gerda Siann. 4. Gender and Sentencing, Neil Hutton. 5. The Influence of European Law on Sex Equality Laws, Muriel Robinson. 6. Pornography and Gender Equality, Beverley Brown. 7. (Homo) Sexual Citizenship, David T. Evans.

Editorial Reviews

’...informative and instructive...served to whet one’s appetite and peak one’s interest...will be particularly beneficial to the comparative and/or international law scholar within the applicable subject matter areas of family law, criminal law and equal rights.’ The law and Politics

From the Publisher

OverallI found the compilation informative and instructive — although not necessarily covering previously uncharted territory. Its relatively short length served to whet one's appetite and peak one's interest. The book will be particularly beneficial to the comparative and/or international law scholar within the applicable subject matter areas of family lawcriminal law and equal rights. —Law and Politics Book Review

Cynthia G. Hawkins

Contributions from lawyers and sociologists in the UK focus on the relationship between gender and the law in the context of three areas of law: family law, criminal law, and equal rights. Topics include disputes in the area of parental child custody rights; the rights of surviving spouses to their deceased partner's estate; theories for violent behavior in women as contrasted with men; gender bias in criminal sentencing; the role of European law in promoting sex equality in the workplace; pornography and free speech; and homosexuality as a civil right of citizenship. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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