Feminist perspectives on public law

Public law scholarship in the UK is fracturing. Based on the perception that feminist scholarship can provide public lawyers with the critical tools and insights, this collection begins a dialogue between public law and feminism by offering a range of perspectives on contemporary public law themes a...

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Other Authors: Millns, Susan, Whitty, Noel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Cavendish Pub. 1999
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Public Law and Feminism / Susan Millns and Noel Whitty
  • 2. Cosmopolitan Feminism: Towards a Critical Reappraisal of the Late Modern British State / Therese Murphy
  • 3. Royalty and Identity in Public Law: Diana as Queen of Hearts, England's Rose and People's Princess / Noel Whitty
  • 4. Blair's Babes: Gender, Governance and Power / Michael Thomson
  • 5. Judging Women Differently: Gender, the Judiciary and Reform / Clare McGlynn
  • 6. Dicey Dissected: Dominant, Dormant, Displaced / Angus McDonald
  • 7. Towards a Feminist Critique of Sovereignty: Guild Pluralism, Political Community and the Relevance of Luce Irigaray to English Constitutional Thought / Adam Gearey
  • 8. Citizenship and Democracy: Feminist Politics of Citizenship and Radical Democratic Politics / Elizabeth Kingdom
  • 9. 'Bringing Rights Home': Feminism and the Human Rights Act 1998 / Susan Millns
  • 10. Engendering Asylum Law: Feminism, Process and Practice / C. J. Harvey
  • 11. Punishing Councils: Political Power, Solidarity and the Pursuit of Freedom / Davina Cooper.