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Title Gender and judging / edited by Ulrike Schultz and Gisela Shaw
Published Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 606 pages) : illustrations
Series Oñati International series in law and society
Oñati international series in law and society.
Contents Gender and Judging: Overview and Synthesis / Ulrike Schultz and Gisela Shaw -- Becoming the First Women Judges in Ontario: Women Lawyers, Gender and the Politics of Judicial Appointment / Mary Jane Mossman -- Profiles in Leadership: Eminent Women Judges in the United States / Elaine Martin -- The Entry and Integration of Women into Judicial Positions in Israel / Eyal Katvan -- First Female Judges in the Weimar Republic in Germany: Reflections on Difference / Marion Röwekamp -- Feminisation of the French "Magistrature": Gender and Judging in a Feminised Context / Anne Boigeol -- "I was noticed and I was asked ..." Women's Careers in the Judiciary: Results of an empirical study for the Ministry of Justice in Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany / Ulrike Schultz -- Women Judges and Magistrates in Kenya: Challenges, Opportunities and Contributions / Winifred Kamau -- The Impact of Women on the Administration of Justice in Syria and the Judicial Selection Process / Monique C. Cardinal -- Skills for Judicial Work: Comparing Women Judges and Women Magistrates / Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu -- Professional Stress, Discrimination and Coping Strategies: Similarities and Differences between Female and Male Judges in Switzerland / Revital Ludewig and Juan LaLlave -- Gendered Experiences of a Judge in Germany / Ruth Herz -- Women Judges in the Netherlands / Bregje Dijksterhuis -- Gender and Judging in Traditional and Modern Societies: A Comparison of Two Case Studies (Ivory Coast and Italy) / Maria Rita Bartolomei -- Gender Arguments and Gender Perspective in Legal Judgments in Argentina / Andrea L. Gastron, M. Angela Amante and Ruben Rodriguez -- Do Women on South Africa's Courts Make a Difference? / Ruth B. Cowan -- "May it Please the Court" Forming Sexualities as Judicial Virtues in Judicial Swearing-in Ceremonies / Leslie J. Moran -- Let History Judge? Gender, Race, Class and Performative Identity: A Study of Women Judges in England and Wales / Hilary Sommerlad -- Must Feminist Judges Self-identify as Feminists? / Beverley Baines -- Justice Marcia Neave: Case Study of a Feminist Judge / Rosemary Hunter -- What's in a Label? Argentine Judges' Reluctance to Call Themselves Feminists / Beatriz Kohen -- A Feminist Adjudication Process: Is There Such a Thing? / Reg Graycar -- Which Judicial Selection Systems Generate the Most Women Judges? Lessons from the United States / Sally J. Kenney -- Gender Quotas for the Judiciary in England and Wales / Kate Malleson -- Rethinking Judicial Diversity / Erika Rackley -- Gender and Judicial Education in India / Ann Stewart -- Gender and Judicial Education in Japan / Kayo Minamino -- Engendering the Judiciary: Lessons from the Philippines / Atsuko Miwa -- Gender Training for the Judiciary in Cambodia / Keiko Sawa -- Do German Judges Need Gender Education? / Ulrike Schultz
Summary Does gender make a difference to the way the judiciary works and should work? Or is gender-blindness a built-in prerequisite of judicial objectivity? If gender does make a difference, how might this be defined? These are the key questions posed in this collection of essays, by some 30 authors, from 15 countries
Notes "Published for the Oñati Institute for the Sociology of Law."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Judges.
Women judges.
Sex.
Judicial ethics.
Judicial process.
Justice, Administration of.
Sexual Behavior
sexuality.
Gender & the law.
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Law.
Judges
Judicial ethics
Judicial process
Justice, Administration of
Sex
Women judges
Richterin
Gerichtsverfassung
Rechtsprechung
Rechtspflege
Gerichtsbarkeit
Internationaler Vergleich
Rechters.
Vrouwen.
Rechtspraak.
Identité sexuelle.
Juges.
Juristes -- Déontologie.
Femmes juges.
Justice -- Administration.
Kvinnliga domare.
Genre/Form Landenoverzichten (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Schultz, Ulrike, editor
Shaw, Gisela, editor
Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
ISBN 9781782251101
1782251103
9781306119504
1306119502
9781782251118
1782251111
9781474200127
1474200125