This book integrates women’s history and legal studies within the broader context of modern European history in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sixteen contributions from fourteen countries explore the ways in which the law contributes to the social construction of gender. They analyze questions of family law and international law and highlight the politics of gender in the legal professions in a variety of historical, social and national settings, including Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern and Central Europe. Focusing on different legal cultures, they show us the similarities and differences in the ways the law has shaped the contours of women and men’s lives in powerful ways. They also show how women have used legal knowledge to struggle for their equal rights on the national and transnational level. The chapters address the interconnectedness of the history of feminism, legislative reforms, and women’s citizenship, and build a foundation for a comparative vision of women’s legal history in modern Europe.
| ISBN: | 9780367263980 |
| Publication date: | 22nd March 2019 |
| Author: | Sara L Kimble |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 452 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Gender and History |
| Genres: |
European history Law and society, gender issues Gender studies: women and girls |
This book integrates women’s history and legal studies within the broader context of modern European history in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sixteen contributions from fourteen countries explore the ways in which the law contributes to the social construction of gender. They analyze questions of family law and international law and highlight the politics of gender in the legal professions in a variety of historical, social and national settings, including Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern and Central Europe. Focusing on different legal cultures, they show us the similarities and differences in the ways the law has shaped the contours of women and men’s lives in powerful ways. They also show how women have used legal knowledge to struggle for their equal rights on the national and transnational level. The chapters address the interconnectedness of the history of feminism, legislative reforms, and women’s citizenship, and build a foundation for a comparative vision of women’s legal history in modern Europe.
New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History features in the following genres: European history, Law and society, gender issues, Gender studies: women and girls
New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History is available in Paperback, Hardback
New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History was written by Sara L Kimble and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History has 452 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Gender and History series
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