Gender & the law books

Decriminalizing Domestic Violence asks the crucial, yet often overlooked, question of why and how the criminal legal...  Read More >>

Decriminalizing Domestic Violence asks the crucial, yet often overlooked, question of why and how the criminal legal...  Read More >>

This study challenges the notion that closeted secrecy was a necessary part of social life for gay men living in...  Read More >>

Tainted Witness examines how gender, race, and doubt stick to women witnesses as their testimony circulates in search...  Read More >>

This powerful book investigates the relationship between the oversimplification of gender in representations of...  Read More >>

Women And The Law is a pioneering study of the way in which the law has treated women - at work, in the family,...  Read More >>

This book uniquely combines a critical examination of the extent and diversity of transphobic hate crime together...  Read More >>

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While gender issues are almost always multidimensional and complex, this book discusses them from a cultural angle...  Read More >>

Focusing on femicide, this book draws upon, whilst also providing a contemporary re-evaluation of, Carol Smart’s...  Read More >>

The authors use extensive new datasets to explore the working practices, safety and regulation of the sex industry,...  Read More >>

This book explores the contentious topic of women’s rights in Muslim-majority countries, with a specific focus on...  Read More >>

Renowed country experts on African politics address the important issue of the increasing number and role of women...  Read More >>

Darkness Now Visible addresses readers who are concerned about the future of democracy in the US and elsewhere....  Read More >>

This book gathers together contributions by experts to pin down the relation between institutions and the gender...  Read More >>

Despite a popular view that trials are the focal point of the criminal justice process, in reality, the most frequent...  Read More >>

Human rights are axiomatic with liberal freedom. This book builds on the critique of this mainstream and official...  Read More >>

This unique book addresses the lack of in-depth literature on gay masculinity, elaborately narrating and analysing...  Read More >>

Gender quotas are a controversial policy measure but have increasingly become adopted in Europe. This book explores...  Read More >>

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Sexual Harassment: A Guide to a Harassment-Free Workplace can have an immediate and significantly positive impact...  Read More >>

This book fills a gap in the literature on discrimination and disadvantage suffered by women at work by focusing...  Read More >>

This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases:...  Read More >>

The emergence of the terms 'pink tax' and 'tampon tax' in everyday language suggests that women, who already suffer...  Read More >>