Contesting Femicide (eBook, PDF)

Feminism and the Power of Law Revisited
Redaktion: Howe, Adrian; Alaattinoglu, Daniela

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on femicide, this book draws upon, whilst also providing a contemporary re-evaluation of, Carol Smart's innovative approach to the law question as first outlined in her ground-breaking book, Feminism and the Power of Law (Routledge 1989).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351068031
• Artikelnr.: 54144928

Autorenporträt

Adrian Howe is an associate lecturer, Law School, Birkbeck University, London where she also has a visiting post. She has published widely in the field of sexed violence and is currently developing a Theatre in Education project based on her research on intimate partner femicide cases. The project's first play, Othello on Trial, has been performed in Melbourne, Australia and London, UK. Daniela Alaattinölu is a doctoral candidate at the European University Institute, Italy. She has taught criminal law at the Finnish Police University College and published within the fields of femicide, gender and law, gender violence and human rights. Her LLM thesis was awarded with the annual award for excellence by the Finnish Lawyers' Association in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgements Preface Carol Smart Notes on contributors Introduction Part 1 Criminal Law Reform Case Studies 1 Provocation by 'Sexual Infidelity'
Diminishing Returns? - Adrian Howe 2 Feminist Dilemmas with Law Reform
Victoria, Australia - Danielle Tyson and Bronwyn Naylor 3 Criminalising Femicide in Latin American Countries: Legal Power Working For Women? - Patsili Toledo Part 2 Proliferating Sites of Feminist Legal Intervention 4 'Being Wrought, Perplexed in the Extreme'
Othello and his Syndrome - Adrian Howe 5 Fighting Femicide in Turkey
Feminist Legal Challenges
Daniela Alaattinölu and Cemre Baytok 6 The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability
Myrna Dawson 7 Judicial Discourse versus Domestic Violence Death Review: An Australian Case Study - Anna Butler and Emma Buxton-Namisnyk 8 Italian Legal Feminism
Engaging with the Power of Law - Ilaria Boiano 9 Legal Education
Challenging the Finnish Criminal Law Syllabus - Daniela Alaattinölu and Johanna Niemi 10 Finland on Trial
Marjo Rantala Epilogue Index