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The Legal Relevance of Gender

Some Aspects of Sex-Based Discrimination

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Sheila McLean

    1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK

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  2. Noreen Burrows

    1. Department of European Law, University of Glasgow, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Legal Relevance of Gender: Some Aspects of Sex-Based Discrimination

    • Sheila A. M. McLean
    Pages 1-15

  3. Sex Discrimination: Mistaking the Relevance of Gender

    • Tom Campbell
    Pages 16-39

  4. The Historical Background

    • O. F. Robinson
    Pages 40-60

  5. Property and Succession Rights

    • W. M. Gordon
    Pages 61-79

  6. Women and the Parliamentary Franchise in Great Britain

    • T. D. Fergus
    Pages 80-101

  7. Employment and Gender

    • Noreen Burrows
    Pages 102-118

  8. Gender, Social Security and Pensions: the Myth of the ‘Everyday Housewife’?

    • Jane D. N. Bates
    Pages 119-145

  9. Nationality and Immigration

    • Tom Mullen
    Pages 146-169

  10. Female Offenders

    • Chris Docherty
    Pages 170-194

  11. Female Victims in the Criminal Law

    • Sheila A. M. McLean
    Pages 195-215

  12. Discrimination Against Males in the USA

    • Patricia Lucie
    Pages 216-243

  13. Affirmative Action

    • Tom Mullen
    Pages 244-266

  14. The International Approach to Discrimination

    • Noreen Burrows, Esin Örücü
    Pages 267-275

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 276-287
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A discussion of the nature of a discrimination directed both against women as individuals and as members of a group, examining the relevance of criteria which are used to justify such discrimination.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK

    Sheila McLean

  • Department of European Law, University of Glasgow, UK

    Noreen Burrows

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