This paper explores the story of a woman who “created” her life in the law in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although now almost unknown, Cornelia Sorabji achieved prominence as a woman pioneer in the legal profession, who provided legal services to women clients in northern India, the Purdahnashins. Sorabji’s experiences as a woman in law were often similar to the stories of other first women lawyers in a number of different jurisdictions at the end of the nineteenth century: all of these women had to overcome gender barriers to gain admission to the legal professions, and they were often the only woman in law in their jurisdictions for many years. Yet, as Sorabji’s story reveals, while ideas about gender and the cultur...
The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and ...
This article examines the struggle by women to gain access to higher education opportunities in law ...
Despite significant progress, women in the legal profession still have not advanced into positions o...
This paper explores the story of a woman who created her life in the law in the late nineteenth an...
This article provides an account of the early experiences of Cornelia Sorabji as a woman in law in t...
This comparative study explores the lives of some of the women who first initiated challenges to mal...
In Chicago in 1893, for the first time in history, women lawyers were invited to participate with ma...
The inspiration for this paper was a short comment in the Commonwealth Law Review, entitled ‘The Law...
The history of women entering the legal profession in Bangladesh is quite recent. This is not surpri...
This paper initially examines the historical precedents established by some of the first women who e...
Men have traditionally dominated legal profession in India. Women’s entry could be possible only aft...
Legal biography remains, with some exceptions, strongly influenced by Victorian biographical models,...
Legal biography remains, with some exceptions, strongly influenced by Victorian biographical models,...
As a patriarchal society, Pakistan's legal profession is a male-dominated profession. In recent year...
This paper explores the context in which women gained admission to the bar at the end of the ninetee...
The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and ...
This article examines the struggle by women to gain access to higher education opportunities in law ...
Despite significant progress, women in the legal profession still have not advanced into positions o...
This paper explores the story of a woman who created her life in the law in the late nineteenth an...
This article provides an account of the early experiences of Cornelia Sorabji as a woman in law in t...
This comparative study explores the lives of some of the women who first initiated challenges to mal...
In Chicago in 1893, for the first time in history, women lawyers were invited to participate with ma...
The inspiration for this paper was a short comment in the Commonwealth Law Review, entitled ‘The Law...
The history of women entering the legal profession in Bangladesh is quite recent. This is not surpri...
This paper initially examines the historical precedents established by some of the first women who e...
Men have traditionally dominated legal profession in India. Women’s entry could be possible only aft...
Legal biography remains, with some exceptions, strongly influenced by Victorian biographical models,...
Legal biography remains, with some exceptions, strongly influenced by Victorian biographical models,...
As a patriarchal society, Pakistan's legal profession is a male-dominated profession. In recent year...
This paper explores the context in which women gained admission to the bar at the end of the ninetee...
The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and ...
This article examines the struggle by women to gain access to higher education opportunities in law ...
Despite significant progress, women in the legal profession still have not advanced into positions o...