Gender Perceptions and the Law

Cynthia G. Hawkins

OverallI found the compilation informative and instructive — although not necessarily covering previously uncharted territory. Its relatively short length served to whet one's appetite and peak one's interest. The book will be particularly beneficial to the comparative and/or international law scholar within the applicable subject matter areas of family lawcriminal law and equal rights. —Law and Politics Book Review

Booknews

Contributions from lawyers and sociologists in the UK focus on the relationship between gender and the law in the context of three areas of law: family law, criminal law, and equal rights. Topics include disputes in the area of parental child custody rights; the rights of surviving spouses to their deceased partner's estate; theories for violent behavior in women as contrasted with men; gender bias in criminal sentencing; the role of European law in promoting sex equality in the workplace; pornography and free speech; and homosexuality as a civil right of citizenship. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Cynthia G. Hawkins

Overall, I found the compilation informative and instructive — although not necessarily covering previously uncharted territory. Its relatively short length served to whet one's appetite and peak one's interest. The book will be particularly beneficial to the comparative and/or international law scholar within the applicable subject matter areas of family law, criminal law and equal rights.
— Law and Politics Book Review