Women And The Law In Australia

Author : Patricia Weiser Easteal
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sex discrimination against women
ISBN : 0409325953

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Women and the Law in Australia by Patricia Weiser Easteal Pdf

An important milestone in the development of legal practice in Australia. The first of its kind, Women and the Law in Australia provides practical advice on dealing with issues in the practice of law that are of specific importance to women. It is intended not just to highlight the problems that women experience with the legal system as defendants, complainants, victims, witnesses and practitioners but also to identify pragmatic steps for solicitors, barristers and policy-makers. The text is a compilation of contributions, with all contributors experts in their area of law, who come from legal practice, academia or government; it explores the cultural and legal context of each topic.

Author : Kcasey McLoughlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000475531

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Law, Women Judges and the Gender Order by Kcasey McLoughlin Pdf

This book seeks to understand how women judges are situated as legal knowers on the High Court of Australia by asking whether a near-equal gender balance on the High Court has disrupted the Court’s historically masculinist gender regime. This book examines how the High Court’s gender regime operates once there is more than one woman on the bench. It explores the following questions: How have the Court’s gender relations accommodated the presence women on the bench? How have the women themselves accommodated those pre-existing gender relations? How might legal judgments and reasoning change as a result of changing gender dynamics on the bench? To develop answers to these (and other) questions the book pursues a methodology that conceptualises the High Court as an institution with a particular gender regime shaped historically by the dominant gender order of the wider society. The intersection between the (gendered) individuals and the (gendered) institution in which they operate produces and reproduces that institution’s gender regime. Hence, the enquiry is not so much asking ‘have women judges made a difference?’ but rather is asking how should we understand women judges’ relationship with the law, a relationship that is shaped as much by the individual judge as by the institutional context in which they operate. Scholars, legal practitioners and researchers interested in judicial reasoning, gender diversity and the legal profession, gender and politics will be interested in this book because it breaks new ground as a case study of a Court’s gender regime at a particular time.

Author : Ramona Vijeyarasa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000401776

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International Women’s Rights Law and Gender Equality by Ramona Vijeyarasa Pdf

The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women’s rights? This book unpacks the complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from several of the world’s leading experts on gender equality. Drawing on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the promise of the law to deliver equality between men and women. Part I outlines what progress has been made to date on eradicating gender inequality, and insights into the law’s potential as one lever in the global struggle for equality. Parts II and III go on to explore concrete areas of law, with case studies from multiple jurisdictions that examine how well domestic legislation is working for women. The authors bring their critical lens to areas of law often considered from a gender perspective – gender-based violence, women’s reproductive health, labour and gender equality quotas – while bringing much-needed analysis to issues often ignored in gender debates, such as taxation, environmental justice and good governance. Part IV seeks to move from a theoretical goal of greater accountability to a practical one. It explores both accountability for international women’s rights norms at the domestic level and the potential of feminist approaches to legislation to deliver laws that work for women. Written for students, academics, legislators and policymakers engaged in international women’s rights law, gender equality, government accountability and feminist legal theory, this book has tremendous transformative potential to drive forward legal change towards the eradication of gender inequality.

Author : Eileen Pittaway,Linda Bartolomei
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0733436900

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Human Rights in Australia by Eileen Pittaway,Linda Bartolomei Pdf

Author : Diane Elizabeth Kirkby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060490062

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Sex Power and Justice by Diane Elizabeth Kirkby Pdf

This book explores the history of gender bias in the law. It draws on the most recent scholarship in the historical research of law in Australia. The contributors present material of both contemporary and historical relevance as they offer new insights into the significance of the law over two centuries of Australia's history. It analyses the impact of the law on women; on legal constructions of gender and race; and on feminist campaigns to redress grievances. In the nineteenth century feminists organised campaigns to repeal repressive and discriminatory laws. Twentieth-century feminists joined the legal profession and set out to redirect legal education and practices in new ways. These essays contribute to this critique as they explore areas feminists have identified in women's struggle to achieve justice. Weaving together themes of difference, cateorisation and change, in four broad areas - sexuality, family, punishment and citizenship - this book offers an original and unique contribution to current concerns about the gender bias in law. This book will meet the demands of students and teachers seeking historical material to broaden legal education, and will be a valuable aid to all those interested in the law in Australian history.

Author : Ramona Vijeyarasa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1003091253

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International Women's Rights Law and Gender Equality by Ramona Vijeyarasa Pdf

The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women's rights? This book unpacks the complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from several of the world's leading experts on gender equality. Drawing on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the promise of the law to deliver equality between men and women. Part I outlines what progress has been made to date on eradicating gender inequality, and insights into the law's potential as one lever in the global struggle for equality. Parts II and III go on to explore concrete areas of law, with case studies from multiple jurisdictions that examine how well domestic legislation is working for women. The authors bring their critical lens to areas of law often considered from a gender perspective - gender-based violence, women's reproductive health, labour and gender equality quotas - while bringing much-needed analysis to issues often ignored in gender debates, such as taxation, environmental justice and good governance. Part IV seeks to move from a theoretical goal of greater accountability to a practical one. It explores both accountability for international women's rights norms at the domestic level and the potential of feminist approaches to legislation to deliver laws that work for women. Written for students, academics, legislators and policymakers engaged in international women's rights law, gender equality, government accountability and feminist legal theory, this book has tremendous transformative potential to drive forward legal change towards the eradication of gender inequality.

Author : Jocelynne A. Scutt
Publisher : Law Book Company for New South Wales Bar Association
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Australia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044540446

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Women and the Law by Jocelynne A. Scutt Pdf

Women in law - Equal opportunity and sex discrimination laws - Affirmative action and sex discrimination - Affirmative action and equal pay - Family law - Adoption acts - Aborigines and the law - Surrogacy - Deborah Wardley case - Sex discrimination and employment.

Author : Julie Stubbs
Publisher : Institute of Criminology, Sydney
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061745431

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Women, Male Violence, and the Law by Julie Stubbs Pdf

Is there currently effective State response to domestic violence? Has the feminist struggle of the last decade made the law more responsive to women's needs and interests? Can this struggle succeed? And for which women? In what situations? What are the possibilities and limits of the law in the context of domestic violence? These issues are addressed by expert lawyers, social scientists, educators and policy makers.

Author : Margaret Thornton
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781921666773

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Sex Discrimination in Uncertain Times by Margaret Thornton Pdf

This collection of essays arose from a conference held to mark the silver anniversary of the Australian Sex Discrimination Act (1984). The collection has two aims: first; to honour the contributions of both the spirited individuals who valiantly fought for the enactment of the legislation against the odds, and those who championed the new law once it was passed; secondly, to present a stock-take of the Act within the changed socio-political environment of the 21st century. The contributors present clear-eyed appraisals of the legislation, in addition to considering new forms of legal regulation, such as Equality Act, and the significance of a Human Rights Act. The introduction of a proactive model, which would impose positive duties on organisations, is explored as an alternative to the existing individual complaint-based model of legislation. The contributors also pay attention to the international human rights framework, particularly the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The essays are illuminated by recourse to a rich vein of historical and contemporary literature. Regard is also paid to the comparative experience of other jurisdictions, particularly the UK and Canada.

Author : Margaret Thornton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062082123

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Public and Private by Margaret Thornton Pdf

This pathbreaking book examines the experiences of women in the legal profession in Australia. Based on interviews with more than 100 women lawyers, it sets out to explain why simply "letting in" more women to public life does not necessarily change the masculine culture of the profession. This book includes contributions from Australia's leading feminist legal scholars and addresses the notion that there is a separation between public and private life. Although it is a myth that the line of demarcation between public and private was ever fixed, the relationship between the two spheres has become increasingly ambiguous. The trends towards state intervention in private life, on the one hand, and privatisation of heretofore public processes, such as wage-fixing and dispute resolution, on the other hand, have accentuated the emergence of fault lines. The authors consider the pros and cons of the changing visibility/invisibility dualisms that correspond with public and private in regard to a range of issues that significantly impact on women's lives, including sexuality, the family, work, violence, and participation in public life.

Author : Anna Carline,Patricia Easteal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317815235

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Shades of Grey - Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women by Anna Carline,Patricia Easteal Pdf

Arguing that law must be looked at holistically, this book investigates the ‘hidden gender’ of the so-called neutral or objective legal principles that structure the law addressing violence against women. Adopting an explicitly feminist perspective, it investigates how legal responses to violence against women presuppose, maintain and perpetuate a certain context that may not in fact reflect women’s experiences. Carline and Easteal draw upon relevant legislation, case law and secondary studies from a range of territories, including Australia, England and Wales, the United States, Canada and Europe, to contextualize and critique different policy responses. They go on to examine the potential and limits of law, making recommendations for best practice models of policymaking and law reform. Aiming to help improve government, community and legal responses to women who experience violence, Shades of Grey – Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women: Law Reform and Society will assist law-makers, academics, policymakers and a wider audience in understanding the complexities of violence against women.

Author : Women's Legal Service NSW
Publisher : Women's Legal Services NSW
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780980762310

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Women and Family Law by Women's Legal Service NSW Pdf

An easy to navigate guide to family law in New South Wales, Australia. This book helps women understand the law as it impacts on their relationships with ex-partners and children. The book covers family law issues including separation, divorce, arrangements for children, child support, division of property and protection against violence.

Author : Nicole Watson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030873271

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Aboriginal Women, Law and Critical Race Theory by Nicole Watson Pdf

This book explores storytelling as an innovative means of improving understanding of Indigenous people and their histories and struggles including with the law. It uses the Critical Race Theory (‘CRT’) tool of ‘outsider’ or ‘counter’ storytelling to illuminate the practices that have been used by generations of Aboriginal women to create an outlaw culture and to resist their invisibility to law. Legal scholars are yet to use storytelling to bring the experiential knowledge of Aboriginal women to the centre of legal scholarship and yet this book demonstrates how this can be done by way of a new methodology that combines elements of CRT with speculative biography. In one chapter, the author tells the imagined story of Eliza Woree who featured prominently in the backdrop to the decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland in Dempsey v Rigg (1914) but whose voice was erased from the judgements. This accessible book adds a new and innovative dimension to the use of CRT to examine the nexus between race and settler colonialism. It speaks to those interested in Indigenous peoples and the law, Indigenous studies, Indigenous policy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, feminist studies, race and the law, and cultural studies.

Author : Patricia Weiser Easteal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Female offenders
ISBN : 0642186391

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Women and the Law by Patricia Weiser Easteal Pdf

Conference papers which examine a variety of issues arising from the ways in which the law and its administration continue to discriminate against women. Progress is evaluated and recommendations are made. Part 1 covers women and the laws in Australia and Part 2 focuses on women and the criminal justice system. Contributors include Dr Patricia Easteal and Dr Jocelynne Scutt. Contains a bibliography and an index.

Author : Heather Douglas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190071806

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Women, Intimate Partner Violence, and the Law by Heather Douglas Pdf

Every year, millions of women across the world turn to the law to help them live free from intimate partner violence. They engage with child protection services and police and apply for civil protection orders. They seek family court orders to keep their children safe from violent fathers, and take special visa pathways to avoid deportation following their separation from an abuser. Women are often driven to interact with the law to counteract their abuser's myriad legal applications against them. While separation may seem like a solution, often the abuse just gets worse. Countless women who have experienced intimate partner violence are enmeshed in overlapping, complex, and often inconsistent legal processes. They have both fleeting and longer-term connections with the legal system. Women, Intimate Partner Violence, and the Law explores how women from many different backgrounds interact with the law in response to intimate partner violence, over time. Drawing on their experiences of seeking help from the law, this book highlights the many failures of the legal system to provide safety for women and their children. The women's stories show how abusers often harness aspects of the legal process to continue their abuse. Heather Douglas reveals women's complex experiences of using law as a response to intimate partner violence. Douglas interviewed women three times over three years to reveal their journey through the legal process. On occasion, the legal system allowed some women closure. However, circular and unexpected outcomes were a common experience. The resulting book showcases the level of endurance, tenacity, and patience it takes women to seek help and receive protection through law. This book shows how the legal system is failing too often to keep women and their children safe and how it might do better.