Bar Codes

Women in the Legal Profession

Jean McKenzie Leiper (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2007
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-1320-4 (ISBN)

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This book examines women lawyers' attempts to reconcile their professional obligations with other aspects of their lives.

Bar Codes examines women lawyers' attempts to reconciletheir professional obligations with other aspects of their lives. Itcharts the life courses of women who constitute a first wave -- anavant-garde -- in a profession designed by men, for men, where formalcodes of conduct and subtle cultural norms promote masculine values. Athorough analysis of women’s encounters with this cultureprovides some answers and raises more questions about the kinds ofstresses that have become extreme in the lives of many Canadianwomen.

This book adds to mounting evidence of marked gender differences inopportunities for advancement, demonstrating that many men still enjoyfreedom from domestic responsibilities while women continue to facemultiple barriers in their quest for career success. As this studyshows, change is under way in the legal profession and women cansucceed in reaching high levels within it, but the law remains, in manyways, a masculine institution.

Jean McKenzie Leiper is Professor Emerita at theDepartment of Sociology, King’s University College, University ofWestern Ontario.

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Recognizing the Codes

2 “The Portia of Our Chambers”: Voice, Robes, andReputation

3 Educating Women in the Law: Becoming Gentlemen?

4 Caught in the Time Crunch

5 Choreographing Daily Life: Clocks, Calendars, and Cycles

6 Careers and Curricula Vitae

7 Cracking the Codes

Appendix: Where Are They Now?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	3 tables
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 235 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7748-1320-2 / 0774813202
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-1320-4 / 9780774813204
Zustand	Neuware