Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice

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This was designed to help people who are victims of domestic violence and go on to kill their abusive partner.

It comprehensively covers the 20th-century history of women in the criminal justice system in a variety of roles - lawyer, judge, victim and defendant - and illustrates the impact of misogyny throughout without being preachy. Kennedy is particularly good at focusing not just on how the law treats women but how it treats black women, poor women, women who suffer mental health problems and other groups which have been treated poorly by our legal system in the past (and the present). More frustrating is the idea that a reasonable defence would be an honest belief of entitlement, and demonstrates how the law is still not fit for purpose when it comes to sexual violence. American Samoa, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Netherlands, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Virgin Islands (U. But the inequities she uncovers could apply equally to any disadvantaged group - to those whose cases are subtly affected by race, class poverty or politics, or who are burdened, even before they appear in court, by misleading stereotypes.Her attack on double standards is witty and intelligent, and only made me fall further in love with her and her writing.

But despite its size, I believe it has been one of the most important things I have read in impacting how I study Law. In the midst of this, the court does not take into account other aspects such as depriving children of a mother and the condition of the woman in jail. Woman also participate in less interstices of the law -- the circuit dinners, and cricket matches, the gold, the wine committees, due to their commitment to children. She introduces you to a list of minorities oppressed by the legal system (black women, poor women, women with mental health conditions). The simple but powerful line articulated throughout this book is that the law cannot treat people equally that are not equal.Kennedy provides plenty of solutions and examples of best practice from around the world that we could easily incorporate, should we wish to change the justice system. Therefore, they know fewer judges socially and will not be championed in their career rise in the same way that men are.