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  • Professorial Lecture - Border Protection in Law's Empire: Feminist Explorations of Access to Justce

    Author(s)
    Hunter, Rosemary
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Hunter, Rosemary C.
    Year published
    2002
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    Abstract
    This paper examines the various 'border protection' mechanisms which continue to limit women's access to justice. My research in areas such as sexual harassment, domestic violence, family law, pay equity, sex discrimination, legal aid and the legal profession has shown that legal procedures, practices and cultures restrict the effectiveness of feminist law reforms. As a result, acceptance into law remains a gendered experience. I argue for greater critical attention to the operations of law in practice, in order to identify exclusionary processes, question assumptions about the availability of justice, and maintain pressure ...
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    This paper examines the various 'border protection' mechanisms which continue to limit women's access to justice. My research in areas such as sexual harassment, domestic violence, family law, pay equity, sex discrimination, legal aid and the legal profession has shown that legal procedures, practices and cultures restrict the effectiveness of feminist law reforms. As a result, acceptance into law remains a gendered experience. I argue for greater critical attention to the operations of law in practice, in order to identify exclusionary processes, question assumptions about the availability of justice, and maintain pressure for a more inclusive legal order.
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    Journal Title
    Griffith Law Review
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    https://www.griffith.edu.au/
    Subject
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/7851
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