Feminism Unqualified: Margaret Thornton’s, Dissonance and Distrust: Women in the Legal Profession’ (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996)

(1997) 15:1 Law in Context 166-178

Posted: 11 Oct 2017

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Sara Ramshaw

University of Victoria Faculty of Law

Wesley Pue

University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Law

Date Written: 1997

Abstract

Dissonance and Distrust: Women in the Legal Profession draws upon extensive qualitative data, to illuminate and contextualise the professional lives of women in the Australian legal profession. Despite its Australian focus this book deserves a wide international readership. Focussed on the lived experiences of legally qualified Australian women, the author's interview data is interrogated against the conceptual framework which undergirds the self-understandings of liberal societies and liberal law. Notions of citizenship, the putative character of the subject in liberal society, the demarcation of public from private and the challenges posed to existing liberalisms by the post-modern turn in social theory are all intelligently brought to bear in interpreting the interplay of gender, work, professionalism and law in Australia. All told, this is a ground breaking and innovative work.

Keywords: Legal Profession, Women, Feminism, Australia

Suggested Citation

Ramshaw, Sara and Pue, Wesley, Feminism Unqualified: Margaret Thornton’s, Dissonance and Distrust: Women in the Legal Profession’ (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996) (1997). (1997) 15:1 Law in Context 166-178, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3050847

Sara Ramshaw (Contact Author)

University of Victoria Faculty of Law ( email )

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Wesley Pue

University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Law ( email )

1822 East Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1
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