Does gender matter in judging? And if so, in what way? Why were
there so few women judges only two or three decades ago, and why
are there so many now in most countries of the Western world? How
do women judges experience their work in a previously
male-dominated environment? What are their professional careers?
How do they organise and live their lives? And, finally and most
notably: do women judge differently from men (or even better)?
These are the questions dealt with in this collection of
contributions by seven authors from six countries (UK, Australia,
USA, Canada, Syria and Argentina), contrasting views from common
law and civil law countries. In spite of differences in the two
legal systems, as well as greater gender diversity on the bench and
the overall higher income and prestige enjoyed by judges in common
law countries, women judges in all these countries - Syria included
- share many problems. Diverse and intriguing facets are added to a
debate that started thirty years ago but continues to leave ample
space for further discussion. This book was originally published as
a special issue of International Journal of the Legal Profession
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