Women in Law and Lawmaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe

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Women in Law and Lawmaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe is written by Professor Eva Schandevyl and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1472403487 (ISBN 10) and 9781472403483 (ISBN 13).

Exploring the relationship between gender and law in Europe from the nineteenth century to present, this collection examines the recent feminisation of justice, its historical beginnings and the impact of gendered constructions on jurisprudence. It looks at what influenced the breakthrough of women in the judicial world and what gender factors determine the position of women at the various levels of the legal system. Every chapter in this book addresses these issues either from the point of view of women's legal history, or from that of gendered legal cultures. With contributions from scholars with expertise in the major regions of Europe, this book demonstrates a commitment to a methodological framework that is sensitive to the intersection of gender theory, legal studies and public policy, and that is based on historical methodologies. As such the collection offers a valuable contribution both to women's history research, and the wider development of European legal history.