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Scenes of violence and incisions into the flesh inform the demand for law. The scene of little girls being held down in practices of female circumcision has been a defining and definitive image that demands the attention of human rights, and the intervention of law. But the investment in protecting...
To Be Published August 1st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Transitional Justice
What role do transitional justice processes play in determining the gender outcomes of transitions from conflict and authoritarianism? What is the impact of transitional justice processes on the human rights of women in states emerging from political violence? Gender Politics in Transitional...
To Be Published August 1st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
Confronting the patriarchal origins and male-dominated institutions of international law, over the last several decades serious thinking about gender and international law has developed into a flourishing discourse within its host discipline. From the lecture theatres and conferences of academia to...
To Be Published August 11th 2013 by Routledge
Legal Personhood draws upon contemporary feminist philosophy in order to consider the meaning of legal personhood, its relationship to human freedom and autonomy and its connection to what is classified as public and private. Contemporary feminist philosophy has much to say about the ways in which...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
Presenting feminist readings of texts from the legal philosophical and jurisprudential canon, the papers collected here offer an interdisciplinary and critical challenge to established modes of reading law. Feminist approaches to law usually take the form of either critical engagements with legal...
To Be Published November 5th 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
Series: Social Justice
Queer Necropolitics comes at a time when the intrinsic and self-evident value of queer rights and protections, from gay marriage to hate crimes, is increasingly put in question. It assembles writings that explore the new queer vitalities within their wider context of structural violence and neglect...
To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
This book explores the development and meaning of a right to personal identity which now exists in human rights law. The book questions how a person’s personal identity is reflected in human rights law, and what exactly this personal identity is which is accorded legal protection under human rights...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
The issue of gender has had a large influence on the development of international refugee law over the last few decades, most notably with the Gender Guidelines issued in 2002 by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. This volume assesses the progress toward equality for women in refugee...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
This book contributes to a feminist understanding of international human rights by examining restrictions on reproductive freedom through the lens of the right to be free from torture. Ronli Sifris challenges the view that torture only takes place within the traditional paradigm of interrogation,...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
Religion remains at the heart of the relationship between law and homosexuality. Law, Religion and Homosexuality provides a systematic and nuanced analysis of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, the legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians. Set against the context...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
