Women, judging, and the judiciary : from difference to diversity / / Erika Rackley

• Autore: Rackley Erika
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; ; N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.42/014082
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: England; Wales
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Women, judging, and the judiciary
• ISBN: 1-136-22588-9; 1-283-91926-5; 0-203-09818-8; 1-136-22589-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785709003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II