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Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability
State Accountability and Responsiveness
Av James Gallen, Tanya Ní Mhuirthile
Inbunden, 2021
2311 kr
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This book addresses how law and public policy cause or exacerbate vulnerability in individuals and groups.Bringing together scholars, judges and practitioners, it identifies how individuals and groups can become vulnerabilised through the operation of law, and examines how the State can acknowledge …
Gender, Truth and State Power
Capitalising on Punishment
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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This book is concerned with critically analysing the importance of the status of knowledge in establishing ‘truth’ about female defendants convicted of murder during the 20th Century. While the abolition of the death penalty in the UK has insured that the impact of this knowledge is no longer one …
Gender, Truth and State Power
Capitalising on Punishment
Inbunden, 2016
2512 kr
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This book is concerned with critically analysing the importance of the status of knowledge in establishing ‘truth’ about female defendants convicted of murder during the 20th Century. While the abolition of the death penalty in the UK has insured that the impact of this knowledge is no longer one …
Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability
State Accountability and Responsiveness
Av James Gallen, Tanya Ni Mhuirthile
Häftad, 2023
636 kr
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This book addresses how law and public policy cause or exacerbate vulnerability in individuals and groups.Bringing together scholars, judges and practitioners, it identifies how individuals and groups can become vulnerabilised through the operation of law, and examines how the State can acknowledge …
Law, Vulnerability, and the Responsive State
Beyond Equality and Liberty
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Laura Spitz
Häftad, 2023
619 kr
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This book considers how vulnerability theory provides the basis for a reconceptualization of the liberal ideas of autonomy, equality, and freedom.Vulnerability theory argues a “vulnerable legal subject” should displace the “liberal legal subject” that currently dominates law and policy. The theory …
Law, Vulnerability, and the Responsive State
Beyond Equality and Liberty
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Laura Spitz
Inbunden, 2023
2512 kr
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This book considers how vulnerability theory provides the basis for a reconceptualization of the liberal ideas of autonomy, equality, and freedom.Vulnerability theory argues a “vulnerable legal subject” should displace the “liberal legal subject” that currently dominates law and policy. The theory …
Law, Gender Identity, and the Brain
Exploring Brain-Sex Theories in Judicial Decisions on Trans and Intersex Minors
Inbunden, 2023
2311 kr
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This book challenges law’s reliance on neurology’s brain-sex binary.The brain has become the latest candidate in a historical search for a reliable and fixed biological marker of ‘true sex’ that has permeated every aspect of Western culture, including law. As definitions of the sexed and gendered …
Law, Gender Identity, and the Brain
Exploring Brain-Sex Theories in Judicial Decisions on Trans and Intersex Minors
Häftad, 2025
649 kr
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This book challenges law’s reliance on neurology’s brain-sex binary.The brain has become the latest candidate in a historical search for a reliable and fixed biological marker of ‘true sex’ that has permeated every aspect of Western culture, including law. As definitions of the sexed and gendered …
Gender, Vulnerability Theory and Public Procurement
Perspectives on Global Reform
Av S.N. Nyeck
Inbunden, 2023
2311 kr
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Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices.In recent years, ideological shifts and real managerial constraints have forced states everywhere to rely on private resources to solve public problems. Focusing on instances where …
Gender, Vulnerability Theory and Public Procurement
Perspectives on Global Reform
Av S.N. Nyeck
Häftad, 2024
596 kr
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Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices.In recent years, ideological shifts and real managerial constraints have forced states everywhere to rely on private resources to solve public problems. Focusing on instances where …
Foundations of Vulnerability Theory
Feminism, Family, and Fineman
Inbunden, 2023
2512 kr
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This volume is the first collection of Martha Albertson Fineman’s most important and influential work. Feminist legal theorist Martha Albertson Fineman has spent decades pushing the boundaries of law, questioning and reconceptualizing legal and social definitions of family, dependency, …
Foundations of Vulnerability Theory
Feminism, Family, and Fineman
Häftad, 2023
691 kr
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This volume is the first collection of Martha Albertson Fineman’s most important and influential work. Feminist legal theorist Martha Albertson Fineman has spent decades pushing the boundaries of law, questioning and reconceptualizing legal and social definitions of family, dependency, …
Gender, Punishment and the Maternal Subject of Law
The Matrix of Vulnerabilities
Inbunden, 2026
2311 kr
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This book analyses the experiences of mothers in the criminal justice system, arguing that a legal system oriented around the idea of isolating and punishing individuals – without considering the relational dynamics in which they are embedded – produces disproportionate punishment for …
Sister Wives, Surrogates and Sex Workers
Outlaws by Choice?
Häftad, 2016
851 kr
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Did she choose that?’ Or, more normatively, ’Why would she choose that?’ This book critiques and offers an alternative to these questions, which have traditionally framed law and policy discussions circulating around controversial genderized practices. It examines the simplicity and incompleteness …
Critical Queer Studies
Law, Film, and Fiction in Contemporary American Culture
Häftad, 2016
783 kr
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Critical Queer Studies examines contemporary films and documentaries that dramatize the intersection of law and queer life, analyzing the effects of legal doctrines-jury selection, unwanted sexual advance, negligence, hate crimes, and gay marriage-on the production and reception of queer film and …
Islamic Feminisms
Rights and Interpretations Across Generations in Iran
Av Roja Fazaeli
Häftad, 2018
750 kr
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This book explores the contentious topic of women’s rights in Muslim-majority countries, with a specific focus on Iran and the Iranian women’s movement from 1906 to the present. The work contextualizes the authorial self through the use of personal narrative and interviews. A new critique of …
Vulnerability and the Legal Organization of Work
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Jonathan W. Fineman
Inbunden, 2017
2311 kr
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This book uses the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to analyze the situation of individuals and institutions in the context of the employment relationship. It is based on the premise that both employer and employee are vulnerable to various social, economic, and political forces, although …
Vulnerability and the Legal Organization of Work
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Jonathan W. Fineman
Häftad, 2017
678 kr
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This book uses the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to analyze the situation of individuals and institutions in the context of the employment relationship. It is based on the premise that both employer and employee are vulnerable to various social, economic, and political forces, although …
Sister Wives, Surrogates and Sex Workers
Outlaws by Choice?
Inbunden, 2013
2303 kr
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Did she choose that?’ Or, more normatively, ’Why would she choose that?’ This book critiques and offers an alternative to these questions, which have traditionally framed law and policy discussions circulating around controversial genderized practices. It examines the simplicity and incompleteness …
Critical Queer Studies
Law, Film, and Fiction in Contemporary American Culture
Inbunden, 2012
3146 kr
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Critical Queer Studies examines contemporary films and documentaries that dramatize the intersection of law and queer life, analyzing the effects of legal doctrines-jury selection, unwanted sexual advance, negligence, hate crimes, and gay marriage-on the production and reception of queer film and …
Feminism, Law, and Religion
Av Marie Failinger, Elizabeth Schiltz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. It examines a range of themes from the viewpoint of identifiable traditions such as Judaism, …
Feminism, Law, and Religion
Av Marie Failinger, Elizabeth Schiltz m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
907 kr
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With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. It examines a range of themes from the viewpoint of identifiable traditions such as Judaism, …
Exploring Masculinities
Feminist Legal Theory Reflections
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Michael Thomson
Inbunden, 2013
2303 kr
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While masculinities theory has had much to say on relationships of subordination, few feminist legal scholars have examined the implications of masculinities theory for feminist legal theory. This volume investigates the ways in which emerging masculinities theory in law could inform feminist legal …
Exploring Masculinities
Feminist Legal Theory Reflections
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Michael Thomson
Häftad, 2013
834 kr
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While masculinities theory has had much to say on relationships of subordination, few feminist legal scholars have examined the implications of masculinities theory for feminist legal theory. This volume investigates the ways in which emerging masculinities theory in law could inform feminist legal …
In Search of Common Ground on Abortion
From Culture War to Reproductive Justice
Av Robin West, Justin Murray m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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This book brings together academics, legal practitioners and activists with a wide range of pro-choice, pro-life and other views to explore the possibilities for cultural, philosophical, moral and political common ground on the subjects of abortion and reproductive justice more generally. It aims …
In Search of Common Ground on Abortion
From Culture War to Reproductive Justice
Av Robin West, Justin Murray m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
849 kr
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This book brings together academics, legal practitioners and activists with a wide range of pro-choice, pro-life and other views to explore the possibilities for cultural, philosophical, moral and political common ground on the subjects of abortion and reproductive justice more generally. It aims …
Vulnerability
Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Anna Grear
Inbunden, 2013
2303 kr
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Martha Albertson Fineman’s earlier work developed a theory of inevitable and derivative dependencies as a way of problematizing the core assumptions underlying the ’autonomous’ subject of liberal law and politics in the context of US equality discourse. Her ’vulnerability thesis’ represents the …
Vulnerability
Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Anna Grear
Häftad, 2013
834 kr
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Martha Albertson Fineman’s earlier work developed a theory of inevitable and derivative dependencies as a way of problematizing the core assumptions underlying the ’autonomous’ subject of liberal law and politics in the context of US equality discourse. Her ’vulnerability thesis’ represents the …
Privatization, Vulnerability, and Social Responsibility
A Comparative Perspective
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Titti Mattsson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2303 kr
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Taking a cross-cultural perspective, this book explores how privatization and globalization impact contemporary feminist and social justice approaches to public responsibility. Feminist legal theorists have long problematized divisions between the private and the political, an issue with growing …
Privatization, Vulnerability, and Social Responsibility
A Comparative Perspective
Av Martha Albertson Fineman, Titti Mattsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
821 kr
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Taking a cross-cultural perspective, this book explores how privatization and globalization impact contemporary feminist and social justice approaches to public responsibility. Feminist legal theorists have long problematized divisions between the private and the political, an issue with growing …
