Description
A description of the constitutional rights of women in twelve countries.
About the Author
Beverly Baines is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada where she originated the Law Gender Equality and Feminist Jurisprudence courses. Her research interests include issues in constitutional law, feminist legal theory, anti-discrimination law, multiculturalism, and equality rights. She has contributed chapters to Conversation Among Friends - Entre Amies: Women and Constitutional Reform, Changing Patterns: Women in Canada, and Women and the Constitution, and has written articles for major Canadian and international journals. Ruth Rubio-Marin is Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Seville, Spain. She is author of Immigration as a Democratic Challenge: Citizenship and Inclusion in Germany and the United States and of articles on language rights, nationality, immigration and gender in law. She has taught at several North American academic institutions including Princeton University and Columbia Law School and is currently a member of the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University.
Reviews
"...this book is a welcome start. Separately and together, these articles add to our theoretical understanding and reaffirm a truth..." Judith A. Baer, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, Law and Politics Book Review
"a must-have addition to libraries in comparative policy and especially feminist policy." - Dorothy E. McBride, Florida Atlantic University
Book Information
ISBN 9780521530279
Author Beverley Baines
Format Paperback
Page Count 356
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 480g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm