LEADER 02963oam 2200445 450 001 9910483539903321 005 20210624141756.0 010 $a3-030-63493-0 035 $a(CKB)4900000000508941 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6463423 035 $a(PPN)253256240 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000508941 100 $a20210624d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLegal capacity & gender $erealising the human right to legal personhood and agency of women, disabled women, and gender minorities /$fAnna Arstein-Kerslake 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (165 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a3-030-63492-2 327 $aRight to legal capacity : debates and legal argument -- Personhood : perspectives from critical feminist, disability and queer studies -- Gender, disability and decision-making : historical discrimination -- Gendered denials : law, policy and practice -- Vulnerability created by legal capacity denials -- Creating change : examples of modern reform and recommendations. 330 $a"This book explores the role of gender in the recognition of an individual's legal capacity. It discusses the meaning of the right to legal capacity and its two core elements - legal personhood and legal agency. It then analyses historical and modern denials of personhood and agency experienced by women, disabled women, and gender minorities: for example, prohibitions from voting, limitations on contracting, loss of personhood upon marriage, and gender binary requirements leading to an inability to exercise legal capacity, [among] others. Using critical feminist, disability, and queer theory, this book also offers insights into the construction of legal personhood and its role as a predictor of power and privilege. The book identifies patterns of oppression through legal capacity denial in various jurisdictions and discusses situations in which modern law continues to enforce these denials. In addition, the book presents solutions: it identifies practices to learn from in various jurisdictions around the world, including both civil law and common law jurisdictions. It also uses case studies to illustrate the ways in which existing laws, policies and practices could be reformed"--Back cover. 606 $aCapacity and disability 606 $aGender identity$xLaw and legislation 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc 615 0$aCapacity and disability. 615 0$aGender identity$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a346.013 700 $aArstein-Kerslake$b Anna$01229706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483539903321 996 $aLegal capacity & gender$92854475 997 $aUNINA