Gender and Judging (Oñati International Series in Law and Society)

Synopsis

Does Gender Make A Difference To The Way The Judiciary Works And Should Work? Or Is Gender-blindness A Built-in Prerequisite Of Judicial Objectivity? If Gender Does Make A Difference, How Might This Be Defined? These Are The Key Questions Posed In This Collection Of Essays. Gender And Judging: Overview And Synthesis / Ulrike Schultz And Gisela Shaw -- Becoming The First Women Judges In Ontario: Women Lawyers, Gender And The Politics Of Judicial Appointment / Mary Jane Mossman -- Profiles In Leadership: Eminent Women Judges In The United States / Elaine Martin -- The Entry And Integration Of Women Into Judicial Positions In Israel / Eyal Katvan -- First Female Judges In The Weimar Republic In Germany: Reflections On Difference / Marion Röwekamp -- Feminisation Of The French Magistrature: Gender And Judging In A Feminised Context / Anne Boigeol -- I Was Noticed And I Was Asked ... Women's Careers In The Judiciary: Results Of An Empirical Study For The Ministry Of Justice In Northrhine-westfalia, Germany / Ulrike Schultz -- Women Judges And Magistrates In Kenya: Challenges, Opportunities And Contributions / Winifred Kamau. The Impact Of Women On The Administration Of Justice In Syria And The Judicial Selection Process / Monique C. Cardinal -- Skills For Judicial Work: Comparing Women Judges And Women Magistrates / Kathy Mack And Sharyn Roach Anleu -- Professional Stress, Discrimination And Coping Strategies: Similarities And Differences Between Female And Male Judges In Switzerland / Revital Ludewig And Juan Lallave -- Gendered Experiences Of A Judge In Germany / Ruth Herz -- Women Judges In The Netherlands / Bregje Dijksterhuis -- Gender And Judging In Traditional And Modern Societies: A Comparison Of Two Case Studies (ivory Coast And Italy) / Maria Rita Bartolomei -- Gender Arguments And Gender Perspective In Legal Judgments In Argentina / Andrea L. Gastron, M. Angela Amante And Ruben Rodriguez -- Do Women On South Africa's Courts Make A Difference? / Ruth B. Cowan. May It Please The Court Forming Sexualities As Judicial Virtues In Judicial Swearing-in Ceremonies / Leslie J. Moran -- Let History Judge? Gender, Race, Class And Performative Identity: A Study Of Women Judges In England And Wales / Hilary Sommerlad -- Must Feminist Judges Self-identify As Feminists? / Beverley Baines -- Justice Marcia Neave: Case Study Of A Feminist Judge / Rosemary Hunter -- What's In A Label? Argentine Judges' Reluctance To Call Themselves Feminists / Beatriz Kohen -- A Feminist Adjudication Process: Is There Such A Thing? / Reg Graycar -- Which Judicial Selection Systems Generate The Most Women Judges? Lessons From The United States / Sally J. Kenney -- Gender Quotas For The Judiciary In England And Wales / Kate Malleson -- Rethinking Judicial Diversity / Erika Rackley -- Gender And Judicial Education In India / Ann Stewart -- Gender And Judicial Education In Japan / Kayo Minamino. Engendering The Judiciary: Lessons From The Philippines / Atsuko Miwa -- Gender Training For The Judiciary In Cambodia / Keiko Sawa -- Do German Judges Need Gender Education? / Ulrike Schultz. Edited By Ulrike Schultz And Gisela Shaw. Published For The Oñati Institute For The Sociology Of Law. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.