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O wanted: dead or alive! : the right to have a dead partner's child
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- Article/Artikel
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- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1997
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Biggs, Hazel
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- voortplanting, media, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- The legal case focused on the storage and use of semen without the written consent of the donor while the media coverage concentrated on the sad plight of this devoted widow, whose profound wish was to become the mother of her dead husband's child and fulfil the purpose of their marriage. It is the tensions between these divergent approaches to the case and their impact upon the eventual outcome which is the focus of this case note.
the Elizabethan response to recusancy by married Catholic women, 1559–1586
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- Article/Artikel
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- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2007
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Peddle, Karen S.
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- strafrecht, huwelijken, gehuwde vrouwen, rooms-katholicisme, vroegmoderne periode, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 16e eeuw
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- This study argues how respect for the standards of coverture, patriarchy and marital obligations incorporated in the use of the recognizance provided a highly effective and legal means to penalise and correct both recusant wives and their husbands.
approaches to 'honour crimes' in the UK
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- Article/Artikel
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- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2008
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Reddy, Rupa
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- eerwraak, cultuur, allochtonen, rechtspraak, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This article examines the debate on whether to analyse ‘honour crimes’ as gender-based violence or as cultural tradition, and the effects of either stance on protection from and prevention of these crimes.
the constructions of woman in English abortion law
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1993
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Sheldon, Sally
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- abortussen, wetgeving, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- Dit artikel geeft een beeld van het rechtssubject als een denkbeeld van bepaald recht, en als belichaming van bepaalde kenmerken. Er wordt niet ingegaan op de morele discussies rond abortuswetgeving, maar deconstrueert de Abortuswet van 1967 teneinde het gecreeerde vrouwelijke rechtssubject bloot te leggen.
the housing association, the judges, the tenant and his lover : Fitzpatrick v. Sterling Housing Association [1997] 4 All E.R. 991: [1998] 1 F.L.R. 6 (C.A.): [1999] 4 All E.R. 705 (H.L.)
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2000
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Sandland, R.
- Description
- This note analyses the decision of the House of Lords in Fitzpatrick, which held that gay partners could fall within the legal definition of 'family' for some purposes. The note argues that despite the real (if overstated) benefits that this case bestows on gay partners in the form of legal rights, under analysis, the decision self-deconstructs to reveal that it is grounded on the principle of discrimination on the basis of sexuality. However, it is also suggested that the encounter between discursive legal reasoning (underpinned by normative heterosexuality), and a version of the family which is 'other' to this discourse, is one which leaves its mark on law, as the potential undermining or deconstruction of law's normative assumptions. The note further argues that although this decision is properly seen as a moment in the struggle for gay rights, it also serves as a reminder that the fortunes of critical theories and political movements that seek to challenge the legal paradigm of the white, heterosexual male are inextricably linked. Fitzpatrick, whatever else it is, is also an object lesson in the debt that current campaigns for gay legal rights owe to feminist critiques of, and campaigns that have successfully challenged, the role of this norm in legal discourse.
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- Article/Artikel
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- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2001
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Burton, M.
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- geweld, huiselijk geweld, strafrecht, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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- This case note considers the availability in the U.K. of the provocation defence in cases of intimate homicide in the context of the recent House of Lords decision in R v. Smith [2000] 3 W.L.R. 654. The note argues that the expansion of the objective component of the defence to encompass the mental infirmities of individual defendants is dangerous for women. Although it has the potential to help some abused women who kill to use the defence, it has, at the same time, exposed women who are abused by sexually possessive, violent men to even greater danger. It is thus argued that the defence should be restricted in the way envisaged by the minority judgement of Lord Millett so that abused women will still be able to use the defence, but by a non-medical route. Alternatively, the defence should be abolished and defences which pose no risk of encompassing violent men should be developed to accommodate abused women.
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- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1995
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Easton, Susan M.
- Description
- This paper examines the utility of the offence of incitement to racial hatred as a possible model for the regulation of pornography. The experience of enforcing this offence provides a means of testing the effectiveness of this form of legislation. The current law is outlined and problems with it are considered. This is followed by a critical review of the major objections to enacting a similar sexual hatred offence, including its ineffectiveness and inherent undesirability and problems with the comparison of racial and sexual hatred.
three nullity suits
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1998
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Williams, M.
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- huwelijken, echtscheidingen, geschiedenis, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This article explores three Victorian actions claiming nullity of marriage. The three share a common theme in that all were cases of husbands pleading nullity on the ground of insanity in their respective wives, so vitiating the ability to consent. Yet the cases yield some evidence of alternative explanations of each woman's behaviour - the respective metanarratives of enforced modesty, autonomy denied, and prohibited love - which disrupt the dominant master-narrative of organic insanity embraced by the medical profession. The realisation that nervous or unbalanced mental states can be 'reactive' - a response to social or environmental conditions - rather than organic, was (as Elaine Showalter, in The Female Malady demonstrates) prompted by the overwhelming numbers of men returning from the Front during the First World War with 'shellshock'. Clearly, the social conditions of marriage in Victorian England were less susceptible to identification as the cause of a reactive condition, since they were embedded within the normative ideological structures of society. Nevertheless, the three cases provide evidence of the complex interaction between two such structures - medicine and law - in sustaining this normativity. ( Ontoerekeningsvatbaar )
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2005
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Conaghan, Joanne
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- Millns, Susan
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- Samuels, Harriet
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- [et al.]
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- Weait, Matthew
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- mensenrechten, wetgeving, feminisme, rechtspraak, transseksualiteit, identiteit, strafrecht, aids, seksualiteit, geweld, privacy, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Canada
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- This issue situates the theme within the context of feminist engagement with rights discourse. It contains: Feminist Activism, Third Party Interventions and the Courts: Feminism and the Gender Recognition Act 2004: 'Gender is No Substitute for Sex': A Comparative Human Rights Analysis of the Legal Regulation of Sexual Identity: Harm, Consent and the Limits of Privacy.
parental responsibility and involvement in education and lone mother families in the UK
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1999
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Standing, Kay
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- eenoudergezinnen, ouderlijke macht, moederschap, alleenstaanden, vaderschap, onderwijs, ouderschap, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- Research into lone mothers' involvement in their children's schooling to consider the impact of the legal definition of parental responsibility on lone mother families in term of the reassertion of fathers' rights.
Catharine MacKinnon and freedom of expression in North America
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1998
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Loux, A.
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- pornografie, feminisme, Verenigde Staten, Canada, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This article re-situates Catharine MacKinnon and her work on pornography in the particular and peculiar social, cultural and legal context from which it emerged, the United States. The article asks why MacKinnon's controversial work is so popular amongst a segment of US women law students, seeking an explanation in the culture, politics and educational practices of the self-proclaimed 'elite' law schools of the U.S. academy. The article goes on to examine the Canadian experience of incorporating MacKinnon's pornography theory into constitutional law and the recent case brought by the gay and lesbian bookstore, ittle Sisters. The article concludes with a discussion of the lessons that can be learned by British feminists from the North American experience as we prepare to create a uniquely British culture of rights with the incorporation of the ECHR.
Bowman v. United Kingdom (European court of human rights, case no. 141/1996/762/959, 19 February 1998, (1998) 26 E.H.R.R.1)
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1999
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Millns, S.
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- Sheldon, S.
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- abortussen, democratie, politiek, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- The authors will consider the activities of Bowman as part of an ongoing anti-choice campaign to reposition abortion at the heart of electoral politics, and locates the reaction of the Court within a struggle over the meaning of different modalities of expression and different 'thruths' of abortion politics.
A Feminist Perspective On The Law of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in the Light of the Equal Treatment Amendment Directive
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2004
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Samuels, Harriet
- Thesaurus
- seksuele intimidatie, arbeidsomstandigheden, gelijke behandeling, wetgeving, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- The author considers, from a feminist perspective, the introduction of the European Equal Treatment Amendment Directive (E.T.A.D.) and its impact on the law of sexual harassment in the United Kingdom.
child support arrangements in the UK
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- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1996
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Boden, Rebecca
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- Childs, Mary
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- AKW, privé openbaar debat, kinderen, bijstand, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This paper seeks to demonstrate the rationale for the establishment of closely defined and formulaic parental financial responsibilities relies essentially on the liberal rhetoric of the public-private divide, and that a consequence of this is that some women can be seriously disadvantaged. The authors first describe, and then provide a feminist critique of, liberal notions of the public and private in order to show that social policy justified or driven by such rhetoric may fundamentally antithetical to the interests of poorer women. The second part illustrates how current UK child support arrangements are rationalised using (but not necessarily motivated by) notions of an appropriate public-private divide, producing results which can disempower some women.
a way forward for women's health care?
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2001
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Latham, M.
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- voortplanting, gezondheidszorg, Frankrijk, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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- A deregulation of medicines is currently underway in the U.K. and France. Emergency contraception has become available over the counter in pharmacies in both countries. This might constitute a further step in the liberalisation of contraception. It also forms part of a current revolution in patient behaviour. This article examines the law governing the deregulation of emergency contraception in the U.K. and France and assesses how far this might serve to empower women to take control of their own reproductive health care provision. It considers some of the British feminist critiques of the limit to patient's autonomy put forward by Sheldon (1998), Foster (1998), and Murphy (1998).
the historical roots of the mystification of the female complainant in rape cases
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2000
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Stevenson, K.
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- verkrachtingen, slachtoffers, geschiedenis, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This article explores the historical influences that shaped the cultural construct operating in the UK, in particular, the societal and legal attitudes of the mid-Victorians towards women and sexual violence, creating an historical mystification around the construct of the female rape victim and the crime of rape itself. Reference is made to a number of cases reported in The Times news-paper between 1850-1885 which underline the requisite portrayal of the rape complainant as an unequivocal victim. It is argued that the relocation of this historical and socially constructed mythological imaginary within the context of the law and the trial process has disproportionately contributed to the modern scepticism which surrounds the female complainant.
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2004
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Bell, Mark
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- gelijke behandeling, pensioenen, transseksualiteit, rechtspraak, wetgeving, Europees, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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- Focus on the case of a woman with a transsexual male partner, whose male gender was not legally recognised in the United Kingdom. Consequently they could not marry and receive survivor's pension. Bell criticises the European Court of Justice's decision of sex discrimination.
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2005
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Mumford, Ann
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- belastingen, prostitutie, rechtspraak, feminisme, wetgeving, Europees, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- This article deals with the taxation of prostitution under the European and British legal system. Mumford discussess the case of Polok v. Customs and Excise Commissioners (C.E.C.) in the context of the argument of the European doctrine of fiscal neutrality and within standard feminist texts on prostitution.
S.3 of the protection from harassment act 1997
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1999
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Conaghan, J.
- Thesaurus
- seksuele intimidatie, stalking, wetgeving, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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- This commentary explores the scope and content of the Protection from Harassment Act, recently introduced in the UK, focusing in particular on s.3 which creates a civil cause of action for harassment.
gender/sexuality, activism and the promise of law [special issue]
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2008
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Grabham, Emily > (ed.)
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- Hunter, Rosemary > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Pouwhare, Tania
stretching the marriage model? [special issue]
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Bottomley, Anne > (ed.)
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- Wong, Simone > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Goldblatt, Beth
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- leefvormen, familierecht, wetgeving, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Canada, Zuid-Afrika
- Description
- This special issue is drawn primarily from papers given at the second 'Cohabitation Workshop' held at the Law School, University of Kent, United Kingdom, in september 2005. Central to the discussions is the relevancy of law with regard to all kind of domestic arrangements. The issue contains: Cohabitation and the law commissionÔÇÖs project / by Simone Wong: Cohabitation law reform : messages from research / by Anne Barlow: From Mrs. Burns to Mrs. Oxley : do co-habiting women (still) need marriage law? / by Anne Bottomley: Losing the feminist voice? Debates on the legal recognition of same sex partnerships in Canada / by Claire Young and Susan Boyd: Sex and the civil partnership act: the future of (non) conjugality? / by Nicola Barker: Case note: same-sex marriage in South Africa ÔÇô the constitutional court's judgment / by Beth Goldblatt.
is there any value in engaging with the law?
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2007
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Connelly, Clare
- Creator
- Cavanagh, Kate
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- privaatrecht, preventie, wetgeving, beleid, strafrecht, huiselijk geweld, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- Drawing on international evaluations and a recent study conducted in Scotland this article examines whether legislation in the form of civil protection orders has the effect of curtailing the actions of abusers and if not, what occurs when the traditional criminal justice response comes into play. The strengths of civil protection orders and some explanations for the weaknesses of these orders are considered alongside the question of whether there is any value in women continuing to engage with the law in response to domestic abuse.