| Description |
xii, 348 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Socio-legal studies |
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Socio-legal series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Gender and the Legal Labour Market -- 3. 'The Common Sense of Mankind': the Common Law and the Historical Exclusion of Women from the Legal Profession -- 4. 'Bonds of Trust': From Informal Exclusion to Full Participation? -- 5. The Men's Room: Cultural Capital and the Fraternal Contract -- 6. 'She's All Right for a Bird': The Accommodation of Women -- 7. The Meaning of the Career Break: Human Capital, Cultural Capital, Social Capital -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix. A Description and Discussion of Methods |
| Summary |
"This book is the first full-length discussion of women's experiences in the solicitors profession in the UK. It provides an account which is grounded in historical research and a contemporary research study. The authors explore this material to analyse both women's own experiences and the mainstream culture and structure of the profession. The analysis draws on perspectives from feminist jurisprudence to the sociology of the professions to shed light on the processes which support women's continued subordination in employment as lawyers."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Socio-legal studies series"--jkt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-330) and index |
| Subject |
Women lawyers -- Wales.
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Women lawyers -- England.
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Women lawyers -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Sanderson, Peter, 1951-
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| LC no. |
98030413 |
| ISBN |
1840144548 |
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