The International Journal of the Legal Profession is published in Britain and takes a very broad view of its subject matter which includes "the organization, structure, management and infrastructure of the legal professions of the common law and civil law world." Last year it published a special issue on Gender and Judging. While the articles include coverage of experiences from several countries, the general exploration of the topic should nonetheless provide useful insights to add to the current debate in the United States that has arisen around the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The editorial from the special issue states:
"Does gender matter in judging? And if so, in what way? Who are the women judges? How did they get into office? How do they organise and live their lives? What are their professional careers? What constitutes a good judge? And finally: do women judge differently from men (or even better)? These are the questions which a Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of the Law and Society Association (LSA) on ‘Gender and Judging’ has put on its agenda."
"In this special issue, which is the first collection of articles on ‘Gender and Judging’, all the issues listed above are addressed in some form, be it merely in passing or in greater depth. Common to all contributions is the central question: do women judges judge differently from men judges? Do women judges add a different voice?—a question first raised in the 1990s under the influence of ‘difference feminism’ and today remaining as topical as ever."
The Links below should work for DePaul computer users (campus or proxy server from home) via the EBSCO Academic Search. click on PDF icon to access full text document of each article.
International Journal of the Legal Profession, Volume 15 Issue 1 & 2 2008
1. Editorial: Gender and judging.Preview By: Schultz, Ulrike; Shaw, Gisela. International Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p1-5
2. Can feminist judges make a difference?Preview By: Hunter, Rosemary. International Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p7-36, 30p
3. What a difference difference makes: gendered harms and judicial diversity.Preview By: Rackley, Erika. International Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p37-56, 20p
4. Judging gender: difference and dissent at the Supreme Court of Canada.Preview By: Belleau, Marie-Claire; Johnson, Rebecca. International Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p57-71, 15p
5. Gender, race, bias and perspective: OR, how otherness colours your judgment.Preview By: Graycar, Reg. International Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p73-86, 14p
6. Thinking about gender and judging.Preview By: Kenney, Sally J.. International Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p87-110, 24p
7. Family judges in the city of Buenos Aires: a view
from within.Preview By: Kohen, Beatriz. International
Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008,
Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p111-122, 12p
8. Women and the judiciary in Syria: appointments
process, training and career paths.Preview By: Cardinal, Monique C.. International
Journal of the Legal Profession, Mar2008, Vol.
15 Issue 1/2, p123-139, 17p
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