Richard Collier

Men, Law and Gender

Essays on the 'Man' of Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the first published comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between law and masculinities. It provides a general introduction to the subject whilst engaging with the difficult question of what it means to speak of the masculinity of law in the first place.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781904385493
• ISBN-10: 1904385494
• Artikelnr.: 35675046

Autorenporträt

Richard Collier is Professor of Law at the University of Newcastle UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Men, Masculinities and Law: Recasting the 'Man Question' in Legal
Studies 2. The Restructured University - Rethinking the Gendered Law School
3. Beyond the 'Private Life' of the Law School: Class and the (Legal)
Academic Subject 4. 'Read What The Law Firms Say': Gender and the
Representation of Career Success in the Contemporary Legal Profession 5.
Engaging Fathers, Changing Men?: Law, Gender and Parenting Cultures 6.
'Please Send Me Evenings and Weekends': Male Lawyers, Gender and the
Negotiation of Work and Family Commitments 7. On Fathers' Rights, Law and
Gender: Recasting the Questions About Men, Masculinities and Personal Life