Women under the law: the false promise of human rights
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2000
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| Physical Description: | XXXIV, 316 S. |
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WOMEN UNDER THE LAW
THE FALSE PROMISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AILEEN MCCOLGAN
LONGMAN
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CONTENTS
DEDICATION IX
PREFACE X
TABLE OF CASES XI
TABLE OF LEGISLATION XXIX
TABLE OF TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS XXXIII
1 ENTRENCHING HUMAN RIGHTS 1
INTRODUCTION 1
ENTRENCHED RIGHTS: POTENTIAL PROBLEMS 5
WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGE 7
CONCLUSION 9
2 BRINGING RIGHTS HOME 11
INTRODUCTION 11
THE HUMAN RIGHTS BILL - PARLIAMENTARY PROGRESS 13 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON
HUMAN RIGHTS 18
ENTRENCHING RIGHTS 19
THE WRONGS OF RIGHTS 21
JUDGING JUDGES 25
POLITICS AND THE LAW 29
WOMEN AND RIGHTS 32
3 DISCRIMINATION AND THE US AND CANADIAN CONSTITUTION PROVISIONS 34
INTRODUCTION 34
THE US CONSTITUTION AND DISCRIMINATION 34
CANADA S CHARTER: LEARNING FROM THE PAST 37
CANADA: THE CHARTER AND EQUALITY RIGHTS 40
CANADA: QUALIFYING RIGHTS 46
CANADA: STATE ACTION 49
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VI CONTENTS
POSITIVE RIGHTS? 51
CONCLUSION 57
REPRODUCING WOMEN 58
INTRODUCTION 58
A WOMAN S RIGHT TO CHOOSE 62
RETREAT FROM ROE V WADE 64
THE THREAT TO ABORTION 67
CONSTITUTIONAL SHORTCOMINGS 72
COMPARING CONSTITUTIONS 80
THE US 80
GERMANY 81
IRELAND 82
CANADA 83
THE LAW AND POLITICS OF ABORTION 86
CONTROLLING WOMEN 90
INTRODUCTION 90
PUNISHING MOTHERS 92
RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH 99
WOMEN IN LABOUR 99
LEGAL POSITION IN THE UK 101
THE US EXAMPLE 111
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS 113
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM 113
CRIMINALISING MOTHERHOOD 122
FORCIBLE MEDICAL TREATMENT 124
DISCRIMINATION AND REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL 128
CONCLUSION 130
SECURING EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AT WORK? 133
INTRODUCTION 133
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS - THE PROBLEM 135
THE IMPACT OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 137
MATERNITY 137
EMPLOYMENT 138
CONSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY 139
INTRODUCTION - THE US AND CANADA 139
PREGNANCY - THE US 142
PREGNANCY - CANADA 143
DISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT - THE US 147 DISCRIMINATION IN
ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT - CANADA 149 PAY - THE US 149
PAY - CANADA 151
PAY AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING - THE US AND CANADA 152 CONCLUSION 159
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CONTENTS VII
7 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE THREAT TO WORKPLACE EQUALITY 162
INTRODUCTION 162
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 164
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE US CONSTITUTION 168
RACE-BASED PROGRAMMES 170
SEX-BASED PROGRAMMES 183
FUTURE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE US 185
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE CANADIAN CHARTER 187
CONCLUSION 188
8 WOMEN AS SUBJECTS OF CRIMINAL LAW 192
INTRODUCTION 192
THE LAW AND THE BATTERED WOMAN KILLER 198
SELF-DEFENCE AND THE BATTERED WOMAN 199
SELF-DEFENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE US 202
BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME: THE WAY FORWARD? 206 SELF-DEFENCE AND THE
CONSTITUTION 211
CONCLUSION: ENTRENCHED RIGHTS AND WOMEN AS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 216
9 VICTIMISING VICTIMS 218
INTRODUCTION: WOMEN AND RAPE 218
RAPE AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 219
CANADA S CHARTER OF RIGHTS - THE EARLY CASES 220
SEXUAL HISTORY EVIDENCE AND THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS 221 CHARTER RIGHTS AND
PERSONAL RECORDS 225
BALANCING RIGHTS 235
CONSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMON LAW 237
SEX AND CREDIBILITY 240
SUBSTANTIVE RAPE LAW 243
CONCLUSION: ENTRENCHED RIGHTS AND WOMEN AS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 247
10 RIGHTS FOR WOMEN? INTRODUCTION EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
DISCRIMINATION
STATE ACTION STATE ACTION: OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
STANDING ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FEMALE VESSELS WOMEN AT WORK
253 253 256 256 260
266 268 269 276 279
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VIII CONTENTS
THE CONVENTION AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS 283
IMPLICATIONS OF INCORPORATION OF THE CONVENTION 284 ATTITUDE OF THE UK
COURTS 287
IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE UK 288
WOMEN AS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 290
RESTRICTING THE RIGHT TO PERSONAL CROSS-EXAMINATION 293 SEXUAL HISTORY
EVIDENCE 296
ACCESS TO PERSONAL RECORDS 297
JUSTICE FOR BATTERED WOMEN KILLERS? 299
CONCLUSION 302
INDEX 311
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