TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornton,Margaret
TI  - Law and the Quest for Gender Equality
T2  - Global Thinkers Series
SN  - 9781760465506
AV  - KU2108 .T467 2023 
U1  - 342.940878 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Canberra
PB  - ANU Press
KW  - Gender identity-Law and legislation-Australia
KW  - Women-Social conditions-Law and legislation-Australia
KW  - Sex discrimination against women-Law and legislation-Australia
KW  - Sex and law-Australia
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Women as Nonpersons -- 1. Edith Haynes Challenges the Legal Profession -- Part II: The Limits of Law -- 2. Feminist Jurisprudence: Illusion or Reality? -- 3. The Contradictions of Law Reform -- Part III: Legislating for Equality -- 4. Feminism and the Changing State -- 5. Sexual Harassment Losing Sight of Sex Discrimination -- Part IV: Engendering Legal Practice -- 6. Hypercompetitiveness or a Balanced Life? -- 7. The Flexible Cyborg -- 8. Who Cares? The Conundrum for Gender Equality -- Part V: Gender and Judging -- 9. Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power -- 10. The High Court and Judicial Activism -- 11. 'Otherness' on the Bench -- Part VI: Diversifying Legal Education -- 12. Wondering What to Do about Legal Education -- 13. Why the Gender and Colour of Law Remain the Same -- Part VII: The Corporatised Academy -- 14. Universities Upside-Down -- 15. The Mirage of Merit -- Postscript
N2  - For centuries, law was used to subordinate women and exclude them from the public sphere, so it cannot be expected to become a source of equality instantaneously or without resistance from benchmark men--that is, those who are white, heterosexual, able-bodied and middle class
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