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Law And Feminism: Editor's Note, Jamie Cameron
Law And Feminism: Editor's Note, Jamie Cameron
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
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Law And Feminism: Foreword, Mary Jane Mossman
Law And Feminism: Foreword, Mary Jane Mossman
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
No abstract provided.
From Mothers' Allowance To Mothers Need Not Apply: Canadian Welfare Law As Liberal And Neo-Liberal Reforms, Shelley A. M. Gavigan, Dorothy E. Chunn
From Mothers' Allowance To Mothers Need Not Apply: Canadian Welfare Law As Liberal And Neo-Liberal Reforms, Shelley A. M. Gavigan, Dorothy E. Chunn
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
In this paper we examine changes in the form and content of Canadian welfare law through a historical, feminist lens using the exemplar of mother-headed families. Our analysis of how the state dealt with sole support mothers in several provinces throughout the twentieth century reveals important continuities, as well as discontinuities, between the past and the present that have shaped and reshaped the lives and experiences of poor women and their children. In doing so, it helps to illuminate how they have been rendered "undeserving" or "never deserving" with the neo-liberal (re)formation of the Keynesian state in Canada.
The Gender Trap: Flexible Work In Corporate Legal Practice, Margaret Thornton, Joanne Bagust
The Gender Trap: Flexible Work In Corporate Legal Practice, Margaret Thornton, Joanne Bagust
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Despite the fact that women comprise well over 50 per cent of law graduates in many parts of the world, women lawyers continue to be clustered disproportionately in the lower echelons of the profession. This paper considers the role of flexible work as a gender equity strategy and is illuminated by interviews with lawyers in elite corporate firms in Australia. It is argued that far from being a panacea, flexible work is being invoked to confine women to subordinate roles and to restrict access to partnerships. Not only is there a residual suspicion of the feminine in positions of authority …
The First Women Lawyers: "Piecemeal Progress And Circumscribed Success", Mary Jane Mossman
The First Women Lawyers: "Piecemeal Progress And Circumscribed Success", Mary Jane Mossman
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This paper explores the context in which women gained admission to the bar at the end of the nineteenth century, discusses the stories of some of the first women lawyers in different parts of the world, and reflects on their challenges and choices as members of the legal professions.
The Social Significance Of The World's First Women Lawyers, Fiona M. Kay
The Social Significance Of The World's First Women Lawyers, Fiona M. Kay
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
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