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UNINA9910462764403321 |
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Autore |
Rackley Erika |
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Titolo |
Women, judging, and the judiciary : from difference to diversity / / Erika Rackley |
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Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; ; N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-91926-5 |
0-203-09818-8 |
1-136-22589-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women judges - England |
Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - England |
Women judges |
Women judges - Wales |
Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - Wales |
Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Positioning the woman judge -- Delivering diversity in the legal profession -- Appointing judicial diversity -- Representations of the woman judge : revisiting the little mermaid : setting the scene -- Difference and the default judge -- Making the case for judicial diversity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Women, Judging and the Judiciary examines debates about gender representation in the judiciary and the importance of judicial diversity. It offers a fresh look at the role of the (woman) judge and the process of judging and provides a new analysis of the assumptions which underpin and constrain debates about why we might want a more diverse judiciary, and how we might get one. Through a theoretical engagement with the concepts of diversity and difference in adjudication, Women, Judging and the Judiciary contends that prevailing images of the judge are enmeshed in noti |
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