Download e-book for iPad: Men, Law and Gender: Essays on the ‘Man’ of Law (Glasshouse) by Richard Collier

What does it suggest to talk of ‘men’ as a gender class with regards to legislations? How does legislations relate to masculinities? This e-book offers the 1st complete evaluation and significant overview of the connection among males, legislations and gender; outlining the contours of the ‘man’ of legislation throughout different components of felony and social coverage. Written in a theoretically knowledgeable, but available variety, Men, legislation and Gender offers an creation to the research of legislations and masculinities while calling for a richer, extra nuanced conceptual framework within which men’s felony practices and subjectivities should be approached. development on contemporary sociological paintings desirous about the relational nature of gender and private lifestyles, Richard Collier argues that social, cultural and financial alterations have reshaped rules approximately males and masculinities in ways in which have major implications for legislation. Bringing jointly voices and disciplines which are hardly thought of jointly, he explores the way in which principles approximately males were contested and politicised within the criminal area. together with unique empirical experiences of male legal professionals, the criminal occupation and fathers’ rights and legislation reform, along discussions of college legislation faculties and criminal teachers, and kin coverage and parenting cultures, this leading edge, well timed and significant textual content offers a different and critical perception into the connection among legislations, males and masculinities. it is going to be required interpreting for teachers and scholars in legislations and criminal conception, socio-legal stories, gender reports, sociology and social coverage, in addition to policy-makers and others eager about the altering nature of gender relations.