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Jonathan Herring

Male Violence Against Women

This book provides an overview of male violence against women and the failure of the legal system .Male violence against women is pervasive. From the bedroom to the boardroom; from the home to the hospita…

Donna Crowe-Urbaniak

Autonomy and Agency in Family Justice

This book investigates the privately negotiated financial arrangements made by divorcing couples where no legal advice or financial orders were sought .It calls for a re-evaluation of the assumptions of a…

Catherine Briddick

Violence Against Women and Regimes of Exception

Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception investigates how migration law disadvantages and discriminates against women. Evaluating six legal regimes, this book reveals the devastating impact of rule…

Nancy Hendricks

Women's Equality in America

Written in vivid prose and with a keen eye for detail, Women's Equality in America is a valuable resource for understanding the issues and trends that dominate public discourse in discussions of women's r…

Jill Drouillard

Feminist Heidegger

A feminist reading of how Heidegger may have responded to an unanswered questioned he posed in 1923, "Problem: What is woman?" while using his thought to better understand how contemporary socie…

Jennifer Aston, Olive Anderson

Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales

Examines the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Acts and their use by married women to reclaim voting rights and rights of testation, inheritance and property ownership.

Langhorne Slim & The Law

The Spirit Moves

Jill Drouillard

Feminist Heidegger

A feminist reading of how Heidegger may have responded to an unanswered questioned he posed in 1923, "Problem: What is woman?" while using his thought to better understand how contemporary socie…

Shreya Atrey

Intersectional Discrimination

Intersectional Discrimination examines the concept of intersectionality as it pertains to discrimination and discrimination law in a number of jurisdictions, including the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, In…

Guido Alpa,

The Right to Be Oneself

"What does the right to be oneself entail? And how is it manifest in our understanding of the law? The leading commentator on this subject explores these questions, taking an ambitious and multi-face…

Harriet Wistrich

Sister in Law

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONDiscover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain's foremost lawyers. 'This is a brillia…

Kimberley Brayson,

Law and Islamic Dress

This book conceptualises the European Court of Human Rights' judgments on Islamic dress as manifestations of the fascist impulse in modern human rights law.The author argues that human rights are thus not…

Feminism and Feminist Movements in America

Offers deeply researched entries on nearly 200 essential people, events, organizations, laws, concepts, and issues that have defined US feminist movements, from the founding era through today.US feminist …

Manon Garcia

The Joy of Consent

In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics o…

Emma Cunliffe

Murder, Medicine and Motherhood

The 2nd edition of Murder, Medicine and Motherhoodpresents a fresh examination of the case of Kathleen Folbigg and a critical evaluation of the process that led to her exoneration in 2023.In 2011, the 2nd…

Rebecca M Rodriguez Carey

Birth Behind Bars

"Birth Behind Bars provides a rare yet intimate portrait into the lives of pregnant women in prison providing critical insight into how incarceration transforms pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, show…

#Metoo and the Politics of Transnational Feminism

The global context of a feminist movement The #MeToo movement is most famous for the US celebrities it took to task for sexual crimes---Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Matt Lauer, to name a few. Mainstr…

Rebecca Probert

Double Lives

This book explores the fascinating backstories and unexpected sequels of bigamous marriages from the 17th century to the present day.A woman remarries after hearing that her husband has drowned, only for …

Amrita Bahri

Trade Agreements and Women

Trade Agreements and Women explores how trade agreements might be altered to more effectively address women's interests. The book provides gender-sensitive guidance for preparing, revising, and negotiatin…