Women in Law: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook by Rebecca M. Salokar,Mary Volcansek

Forty-three ladies who've made significant contributions to the legislations via their paintings within the criminal occupation, scholarly criminal learn, and political activism directed at socio-legal reforms are profiled during this bio-bibliographical sourcebook. the ladies featured are from nations and areas with a Western criminal culture, together with North the United States, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. each one profile includes prolonged biographical details and info major achievements and contributions to the legislations made via each one girl, by means of references.

Forty-three girls who've made significant contributions to the legislations via their paintings within the felony occupation, scholarly felony learn, and political activism directed at socio-legal reforms are profiled during this bio-bibliographical sourcebook. the ladies featured are from international locations and areas with a Western felony culture, together with North the United States, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. every one profile includes prolonged biographical information―their family members backgrounds, schooling, and profession development―and their major achievements and contributions to legislations. the ladies featured contain a couple of those that have been path-breakers like Sandra Day O'Connor, the 1st lady justice of the U.S. perfect courtroom, and Bertha Wilson, the 1st lady to take a seat at the Canadian superb court docket. students like Margaret Somerville (Canada) and Beverly Blair cook dinner (U.S.), and political activists like Helene St^Docker (Germany) and Leah Tsemel (Israel) also are incorporated. The creation to the paintings provides a finished and old review of the function of ladies as electorate, students, attorneys, judges, place of work holders, and activists, and likewise presents a evaluate of the scholarship on ladies in law.