Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity?: Routledge Research in Gender and Politics
Editat de Gretchen Bauer, Josephine Dawunien Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 noi 2015
Scholars of law, gender politics and African politics provide overviews of recent developments in gender and the judiciary in nine African countries that represent north, east, southern and west Africa as well as a range of colonial experiences, postcolonial trajectories and legal systems, including mixes of common, civil, customary, or sharia law. In the process, each chapter seeks to address the following questions:
- What has been the historical experience of the judicial system in a given country, from before colonialism until the present?
- What is the current court structure and where are the women judges, justices, magistrates and other women located?
- What are the selection or appointment processes for joining the bench and in what ways may these help or hinder women to gain access to the courts as judges and justices?
- Once they become judges, do women on the bench promote the rights of women through their judicial powers?
- What are the challenges and obstacles facing women judges and justices in Africa?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138856493
ISBN-10: 1138856495
Pagini: 214
Ilustrații: 16
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Research in Gender and Politics
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138856495
Pagini: 214
Ilustrații: 16
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Research in Gender and Politics
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and UndergraduateCuprins
Foreword Judge Mabel Agyemang 1. Gender and the Judiciary in Africa-An Introduction Josephine Dawuni 2. Egypt: The Lingering Battle for Female Judgeship Mahmoud Hamad 3. Botswana: Delayed Indigenization and Feminization of the Judiciary Gretchen Bauer and Rachel Ellett 4. South Africa: a Transformative Constitution and a Representative Judiciary Cathi Albertyn and Elsje Bonthuys 5. Nigeria: Women Judges Enhancing the Judiciary Hauwa Ibrahim 6. Tunisia: A New Constitution and More Women Judges Salsabil Klibi 7. Tanzania: Women Judges as Agents of Judicial Education Mi Yung Yoon 8. Benin: Women Judges Promoting Women’s Rights Alice Kang 9. Ghana: the Paradox of Judicial Stagnation Josephine Dawuni 10. Rwanda: Balancing Gender Quotas and an Independent Judiciary Jean-Marie Kamatali 11. Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: Conclusion Gretchen Bauer
Notă biografică
Gretchen Bauer is professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware, USA. Her current research focuses on women’s political leadership in sub-Saharan Africa. She is the co-editor with Manon Tremblay of Women in Executive Power: A Global Overview (2011) and with Hannah Britton of Women in African Parliaments (2006).
Josephine Dawuni is an assistant professor of political science at Howard University. Her current research focuses on women and the judiciary in sub-Saharan Africa.
Josephine Dawuni is an assistant professor of political science at Howard University. Her current research focuses on women and the judiciary in sub-Saharan Africa.
Recenzii
"At last, African women judges receive the careful scholarly attention they deserve. This work underscores the centrality of the third branch of government in democratization. The authors' careful following of a common protocol allows both valuable comparisons as well as solid introductions for the country specialist and novice alike. While the authors review no simple answers to the puzzle of significant country-to-country variation, happily, they analyze how to increase women's representation rather than replaying tired essentialist arguments about difference. Perhaps African feminists will inspire the rest of the world to demand a diverse and representative judiciary? A must read for anyone interested in comparative politics, African politics, women and politics, or judicial politics."—Sally J. Kenney, Newcomb College
'At last, African women judges receive the careful scholarly attention they deserve. This work underscores the centrality of the third branch of government in democratization. The authors' careful following of a common protocol allows both valuable comparisons as well as solid introductions for the country specialist and novice alike. While the authors review no simple answers to the puzzle of significant country-to-country variation, happily, they analyze how to increase women's representation rather than replaying tired essentialist arguments about difference. Perhaps African feminists will inspire the rest of the world to demand a diverse and representative judiciary? A must read for anyone interested in comparative politics, African politics, women and politics, or judicial politics.'—Sally J. Kenney, Newcomb College, USA
'This volume offers a fascinating and timely look at the changing role and status of women in Africa’s judicial systems. Covering a large and diverse collection of countries, the chapters provide deep and sophisticated analyses of the factors shaping patterns of gender representation in judiciaries, the legal, institutional and societal impacts of greater representation for women, and the ongoing challenges facing that project. The book will be of interest to those concerned with comparative judicial development, gender politics, and patterns of change and continuity in African politics and society.'—Peter VonDoepp, University of Vermont, USA
'At last, African women judges receive the careful scholarly attention they deserve. This work underscores the centrality of the third branch of government in democratization. The authors' careful following of a common protocol allows both valuable comparisons as well as solid introductions for the country specialist and novice alike. While the authors review no simple answers to the puzzle of significant country-to-country variation, happily, they analyze how to increase women's representation rather than replaying tired essentialist arguments about difference. Perhaps African feminists will inspire the rest of the world to demand a diverse and representative judiciary? A must read for anyone interested in comparative politics, African politics, women and politics, or judicial politics.'—Sally J. Kenney, Newcomb College, USA
'This volume offers a fascinating and timely look at the changing role and status of women in Africa’s judicial systems. Covering a large and diverse collection of countries, the chapters provide deep and sophisticated analyses of the factors shaping patterns of gender representation in judiciaries, the legal, institutional and societal impacts of greater representation for women, and the ongoing challenges facing that project. The book will be of interest to those concerned with comparative judicial development, gender politics, and patterns of change and continuity in African politics and society.'—Peter VonDoepp, University of Vermont, USA
Descriere
Renowed country experts on African politics address the important issue of the increasing number and role of women judges and justices, as judiciaries evolve across the continent that spans a range of colonial experiences, postcolonial trajectories and legal systems.