With the passage of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), a new era has begun as a distinct rights culture has come to pervade UK law, society and political life. The purpose of this article is to test the progressive credentials of the HRA in the light of the long-standing and stringent critique of rights discourse by feminists through an assessment of the legislation's capacity to improve the protection of the fundamental rights of women and sexual minorities. Using data emerging from applications of the HRA before the courts, the paper carries out a gender audit of the Act to weigh the balance of its positive and negative implications for women and minority litigants and highlights areas of activity in which claims might be further advan...
The challenge of including a gender perspective within human rights work has been a project only rec...
Published in 1998. This collection of papers, written by leading lawyers and sociologists in the UK,...
The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and ...
This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality...
This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality...
This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality...
This article shall focus on the landmark 2004 Gender Recognition Act and associated legal cases. It ...
Recent years have seen notable progress on issues of gender and human rights in standard-setting and...
This article reveals the diverse threats violent masculinities pose to human rights, especially fema...
This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-...
This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-...
While the concept of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) has grown in legitimacy at th...
Publisher's description of book: This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and ...
This article analyses Sheila Jeffreys’ criticisms of the UK’s Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and her c...
From 2007 until 2011, legislation in the form of the Gender Equality Duty (GED) required public bodi...
The challenge of including a gender perspective within human rights work has been a project only rec...
Published in 1998. This collection of papers, written by leading lawyers and sociologists in the UK,...
The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and ...
This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality...
This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality...
This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality...
This article shall focus on the landmark 2004 Gender Recognition Act and associated legal cases. It ...
Recent years have seen notable progress on issues of gender and human rights in standard-setting and...
This article reveals the diverse threats violent masculinities pose to human rights, especially fema...
This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-...
This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-...
While the concept of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) has grown in legitimacy at th...
Publisher's description of book: This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and ...
This article analyses Sheila Jeffreys’ criticisms of the UK’s Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and her c...
From 2007 until 2011, legislation in the form of the Gender Equality Duty (GED) required public bodi...
The challenge of including a gender perspective within human rights work has been a project only rec...
Published in 1998. This collection of papers, written by leading lawyers and sociologists in the UK,...
The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and ...