Rethinking equality projects in law : feminist challenges / / edited by Rosemary Hunter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454407303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-84113-839-8; 1-4725-6442-1; 1-282-04838-4; 9786612048388; 1-84731-449-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Collana: Oñati international series in law and society
• Disciplina: 323.3/4
• Soggetti: Feminist jurisprudence; Women's rights; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers originally presented at the Workshop on Revisiting Equality, held at the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law in July 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Feminism and Equality -- Rosemary Hunter -- Part I Equality Projects in Law Reform -- 1. The Married Women's Property Acts: Equality Was Not the Issue -- Rosemary Auchmuty -- 2. The Demise of the Provocation Defence and the Failure of Equality Concepts -- Heather Douglas -- 3. Is Equality Enough? Fathers' Rights and Women's Rights Advocacy -- Susan B Boyd -- 4. Alternatives to Equality -- Rosemary Hunter -- Part II Constitutional Equality Projects -- 5. Equality Rights: What's Wrong? -- Reg Graycar and Jenny Morgan -- 6. Haunting (In)equalities -- Karin Van Marle -- Part III Personal Equality Projects in the Legal Profession -- 7. Gender Equality and Legal Professionalism: Challenges for the First Women Lawyers -- Mary Jane Mossman -- 8. That Obscure Object of Desire: Sex Equality and the Legal Profession -- Hilary Sommerlad
• Sommario/riassunto: The concept of equality has been a key animating principle of modern feminism, and has been highly productive for feminist legal thought and feminist politics concerning law. Today however, given the failure ; to achieve material and psychic equality for women, feminists have come to challenge the usefulness of equality as a concept, a particular definition, or a basis for strategising. The papers in this collection reflect these concerns, primarily in the context of English-speaking, common law cultures. Collectively, the papers analyse a range of equality projects across a number of areas of public and private law, considering both competing conceptions of equality and alternatives to it. In taking stock across a century and a half and around the globe, the book illustrates the range of ways in which equality projects in law have been challenged by, and remain a challenge for, feminism