Feminist Perspectives on Evidence (Paperback)

Questions of evidence and proof are fundamental to the operation of substantive law and to our understanding of law as a social practice. The study of evidence involves issues of central concern to feminist scholars,including matters of epistemology, psychology, allocation of risk and responsibility. Debates about evidence, like debates about feminism, involve questioning ideas of rationality and truth, as well as claims to knowledge both by and about men and women. Social constructions of gender are reflected both explicitly and implicitly in evidential rules and in the way in which evidence is received and understood by judges, jurors and magistrates. Feminist evidence scholarship is a relatively new but rapidly developing field. This collection brings together previously unpublished work by feminist legal scholars from different jurisdictions. In these essays, they explore the contributions of feminist theory and methodology to the understanding of the law of evidence.

General

Imprint:	Birkbeck Law Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Mary Childs • Louise Ellison
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-85941-527-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Civil law (general works) Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	1-85941-527-X
Barcode:	9781859415276

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