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The public law of gender, from the local to the global, edited by Kim Rubenstein, Katharine G. Young

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The public law of gender

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edited by Kim Rubenstein, Katharine G. Young

Connecting international law with public lawCambridge books online

from the local to the global

With the worldwide sweep of gender-neutral, gender-equal or gender-sensitive public laws in international treaties, national constitutions and statutes, it is timely to document the raft of legal reform and to critically analyse its effectiveness. In demarcating the academic study of the public law of gender, this book brings together leading lawyers, political scientists, historians and philosophers to examine law's structuring of politics, governing and gender in a new global frame. Of interest to constitutional and statutory designers, advocates, adjudicators and scholars, the contributions explore how concepts such as equality, accountability, representation, participation and rights, depend on, challenge or enlist gendered roles and/or categories. These enquiries suggest that the new public law of gender must confront the lapses in enforcement, sincerity and coverage that are common in both national and international law and governance, and critically and pluralistically recast the public/private distinction in family, community, religion, customary and market domains.--, Provided by publisher

1 - Introduction: A Public Law of Gender? -- Part I - Constitutional Design and Gendered Outcomes -- 1 - Feminisms and Constitutions -- 2 - Deference and Deferral: Constitutional Structure and the Durability of Gender-Based Nationality Laws -- 3 - Structural Remedies and the One Million Pesos: On the Limits of Court-Ordered Social Change for Internally Displaced Women in Colombia -- Part II - Constitutional Design in a Global Setting: The Challenge of the Local -- 4 - Customary Law, Constitutional Law, and Women's Equality -- 5 - Customising Equality in Post-Conflict Constitutions -- 6 - Gender Equality in International Law and Constitutions: Mediating Universal Norms and Local Differences -- 7 - Law as a Placeholder for Change? Women's Rights and Realities in Afghanistan -- Part III - Localising Participation and Voice through Law -- 8 - Polygamy: Who Speaks for Women? -- 9 - In Her Own Voice: Oral (Legal) History's Insights on Gender and the Spheres of Public Law -- Part IV - Governance, Representation and Gendered Measures -- 10 - Good Governance, Gender Equality and Women's Political Representation: Ideas as Points of Disjuncture -- 11 - Women in Government/Governance in New Zealand: A Case Study of Engagement over Forty Years -- 12 - Equality Without Freedoms? Political Representation and Participation of Women in Vietnam -- 13 - Gender, Justice and Statistics: The Case of Poverty Measurement -- Part V - Governance, Equality and Nondiscrimination -- 14 - Gender and Racial Discrimination in the Formation of Groups: Tribal and Liberal Approaches to Membership in Settler Societies -- 15 - Rethinking the Australian Model of Promoting Gender Equality -- 16 - Gender, Governance and the Defence of the Realm: Globalising Reforms in the Australian Defence Force -- Part VI - Global Governance and the Precepts of Public Law -- 17 - Feminisms, Pluralisms, and Transnationalism: On CEDAW and National Constitutions -- 18 - Governing Victims' Redress and Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court -- 19 - International Organisations as Employers: Searching for Practices of Fair Treatment and Due Process Rights of Staff -- 20 - A Gender Critique of Accountability in Global Administrative Governance -- 21 - Is This the Future We Want? An Ecofeminist Comment on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Outcome Document -- Indexh