The Legal Relevance of Gender

Professor Sheila A. M. McLean, Noreen Burrows (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

1988
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-40771-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A discussion of the nature of a discrimination directed both against women as individuals and as members of a group, examining the relevance of criteria which are used to justify such discrimination.

Inhalt

The legal relevance of gender - some aspects of sex-based discrimination, S.McLean; sex discrimination - mistaking the relevance of gender, T.Campbell; the historical background, O.F.Robinson; property and succession rights, W.M.Gordon; women and the parliamentary franchise in Great Britain, T.D.Fergus; employment and gender, N.Burrows; gender, social security and pension - the myth of the "everyday housewife", J.D.N. Bates; nationality and immigration, T.Mullen; female offenders, C.Docherty; female victims in the criminal law, S.McLean; discrimination against males in the USA, P.Lucie; affirmative action, T.Mullen; the international approach to discrimination, N.Burrows and E.Orucu.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.7.1988
• Zusatzinfo: index
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 220 mm
• Gewicht: 530 g
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-333-40771-7 / 0333407717
• ISBN-13: 978-0-333-40771-4 / 9780333407714
• Zustand: Neuware