Research handbook on gender, sexuality and the law /
edited by Chris Ashford, Alexander Maine.
- xv, 529 pages ; 25 cm.
- Research handbooks in law and society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and Law / New boundaries and activism -- From the litigants' perspective : Wilkinson v Kitzinger and the pursuit of marriage equality in England and Wales / Formal recognition of adult relationships and legal gender in a comparative perspective / Diplomacy, conditionality and transnational LGBTI rights / Legislating and litigating same sex marriage in China / Striking women : the politics of gender, sexuality and the law in South Africa / Identity and state -- Life at the corner of poverty and sexual abjection : lewdness, indecency, and LGBTQ youth / Same sex marriage and Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights / LGBTI migration in Europe / Fully recognizing both dignity and equality values under the emergent ECHR right to a same sex registered partnership / Transgender rights in Europe : EU and Council of Europe movements towards gender identity equality / Normative understandings : sexual identity, stereotypes, and asylum seeking / Feminist responses to same sex relationship recognition / LGBT rights and tax law : a comparative perspective / LGBT rights in Africa / Bodily autonomy -- A perfect storm : the UK government's failed consultation on the Gender Recognition Act 2004 / Becoming a legal proxy : the unintended consequences of informed consent in US transgender medicine / (De)regulating trans identities / 'That's a bit of a minefield' : supported decision making in intellectually disabled people's intimate lives Dispute resolution, domestic violence and abuse between lesbian partners / The global femicide problem : issues and prospects / Law, society and domestic violence : 'best practice' methodologies for evaluating integrated domestic violence services / Gender and hate crime protections / Feminist mandated reporters question the Title IX system : when civil rights programs adopt managerial logics and protect institutional interests / Vulnerability, victimhood and sex offences / Kinky identity and practice in relation to the law / Male sex work : a gendered, (hetro)sexist approach to regulation / Regulating desire in Russia / Normative behaviour, moral boundaries and the state / Deviancy and illicit constructions / Transgressive boundaries -- Masculinities and families : fragmenting law's 'family man' / The healthcare rights of people living with HIV and AIDS / Regulating pornography : developments in evidence, theory and law / Defending pornography : the case against strategic essentialism / Alex Dymock -- Red, white, and BLACK AND BLUE : the American criminalization of BDSM / Chris Ashford and Alexander Maine -- Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger -- Jens M. Scherpe -- Kay Lalor -- Tingting Liu and Jingshu Zhu -- Melanie Judge and Dee Smythe -- Libby Adler -- Paul Johnson and Silvia Falcetta -- Alexander Schuster -- Helen Fenwick and Daniel Fenwick -- Peter Dunne -- Alex Powell -- Rosemary Auchmuty -- Anthony C. Infanti -- Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner -- Stephen Whittle and Fiona Simkiss -- stef m. shuster -- Flora Renz -- / Rosie Harding and Ezgi Taşcioǧlu -- Maria Federica Moscati -- Rosemary Barberet and Aneesa A. Baboolal -- Nan Seuffert and Trish Mundy -- Marian Duggan -- Jessica Cabrera -- Sharon Cowan and Rebecca Hewer -- Ummni Khan -- Thomas Crofts -- Alexander Kondakov -- Chris Ashford, Alexander Maine and Giuseppe Zago -- Brian Simpson -- Richard Collier -- Matthew Weait -- Fiona Vera-Gray and Clare McGlynn -- Stephan Ferris. Part I. Part II. Part III. Lived society -- Part IV. Part V. Violence and vulnerability -- Part VI. Deviancy and illicit constructions -- Part VII.
This innovative and thought-provoking Research Handbook explores not only current debates in the area of gender, sexuality and the law but also points the way for future socio-legal research and scholarship. It presents wide-ranging insights and debates from across the globe, including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Australia, with contributions from leading scholars and activists alongside exciting emergent voices. Chapters address a range of current arguments and issues, providing an enhanced theoretical framework and evolving understanding from a variety of feminist and queer perspectives. Relationship recognition debates and LGBT activism and scholarship are examined and discussed, as well as questions around bodily autonomy, kink identities, pornography and healthcare access rights. Research exploring the lived experiences of people facing challenges such as domestic violence, asylum, femicide and hate crime is also assessed. This Research Handbook will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in the fields of law, sexuality and gender, as well as family studies, sociology, media and cultural studies, and medicine. Activists will also benefit from its scholarly insight into key policy debates and future strategy. "This innovative and thought-provoking Research Handbook explores not only current debates in the area of gender, sexuality and the law but also points the way for future socio-legal research and scholarship. It presents wide-ranging insights and debates from across the globe, including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Australia, with contributions from leading scholars and activists alongside exciting emergent voices."
9781788111140 1788111141
2019954431
Sex and law. Sexual minorities--Legal status, laws, etc. Homosexuality--Law and legislation. Gender identity--Law and legislation. Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation. Homophobia.