Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Courts

Sterett, Susan; Walker, Lee Demetrius

doi:10.4337/9781788113205.00005

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“…8 8 See Flynn and Hodgson (2017) and Sterett and Walker (2019) for a comparative discussion of access to justice and digital justice respectively. …”

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In defence of the hearing? Emerging geographies of publicness, materiality, access and communication in court hearings

2020

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The shift towards dispute resolution taking place outside traditional legal arenas is fundamentally changing the relationship between space and law, presenting legal geography with pressing new research opportunities. This paper explores how the emerging geographies of publicness, materiality, access to justice and communication shed light on the consequences of alternative and online dispute resolution. Crucially, these consequences raise urgent interdisciplinary questions for geography and law. We set out these questions and suggest that legal geography will be best placed to address them by working through some of the practical, applied ramifications of its concepts and perspectives.

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In defence of the hearing? Emerging geographies of publicness, materiality, access and communication in court hearings

2020

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“…He found “no clear difference” based on legal status and concluded that “CEDAW is valuable in the domestic context … even though CEDAW may not be binding law in the jurisdiction concerned, grounding domestic subjective legal rights in that jurisdiction” (543–44). During a period of difficulty ratifying CEDAW in the Netherlands, the Dutch government advanced aspects of CEDAW following signature before the legislature was ready to ratify (Comstock 2019). Given the prominence of domestic courts and judiciaries in implementing human rights treaties, it is important to note states’ practices in using CEDAW in domestic courts before ratification (Keith 2002; von Stein 2005; Hathaway 2007; Powell and Staton 2009).…”

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Signing CEDAW and Women’s Rights: Human Rights Treaty Signature and Legal Mobilization

Comstock

2023

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Can commitment to international human rights law promote human rights when the commitment is not yet legally binding? I argue that treaty signature can be used by non-governmental organizations and other rights actors to mobilize around rights standards and hold states accountable in the lead up to binding treaty ratification. Using the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) as a case, I argue that CEDAW signature can have a positive impact on women’s rights. I find overall support for the argument that, following signature, states are significantly and positively associated with higher women’s rights. The findings hold across numerous robustness checks. Using an illustrative case of CEDAW signature and mobilization in the United States, I demonstrate that activists drew on the treaty following signature in the absence of ratification. The argument and results contribute to the study of international law and women’s rights mobilization, highlighting the importance of signature commitment as a tool for advancing women’s rights in advance of treaty ratification.

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Examining the Impact of Gender Discriminatory Practices on Women’s Development and Progression at Work

Ketchiwou

Dzansi

2023

Businesses

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Although there has been a worldwide cry for gender equity within organizations, gender discriminatory practices continue to be a challenge. Many women still suffer from gender discrimination and remain at the bottom of organizational structures despite their efforts to ascend. This paper seeks to examine the link between gender discriminatory practices and women’s skill development and progression within the workplace. The study espoused a quantitative approach. A questionnaire survey was self-administered online to 412 women through a convenient non-probability sampling method. Descriptive tendencies, test normality, validity, reliability, and regression analysis were performed using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS), AMOS 27. The results reveal that women’s skill development is impacted by workplace gender discriminatory practices, and the career progression of women is linked to their skill development. Yet it rejects the claim that workplace gender discriminatory practices impact women’s career progression. While having a gender-friendly work environment is applaudable, developing women’s skills and promoting their advancement at work will require more effort from companies. Organizations need to be deliberate about the skills development and career progression of women and institutionalize initiatives that directly encourage women to engage in developmental activities as well as initiatives geared towards promoting women’s career advancement.

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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Courts

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

In defence of the hearing? Emerging geographies of publicness, materiality, access and communication in court hearings

In defence of the hearing? Emerging geographies of publicness, materiality, access and communication in court hearings

Signing CEDAW and Women’s Rights: Human Rights Treaty Signature and Legal Mobilization

Examining the Impact of Gender Discriminatory Practices on Women’s Development and Progression at Work

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