The Gender and the Judiciary

Authors:

Susanne Baer, Ivana Jelić, Ivana Krstić (Editors)

• ISBN: 9783032068842
• Published: January 2026
• Format: Hardback
• Language: English
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Description:

The Gender and the Judiciary examines how gender perspectives shape judicial systems, judicial reasoning, legitimacy, and access to justice. The book highlights the importance of integrating gender sensitivity into courts and legal institutions, showing how judicial systems can better respond to the diverse realities of the people they serve.

This edited volume explores gender and the judiciary from institutional, doctrinal, comparative, and historical perspectives. It addresses the role of gender in judicial careers, judicial independence, judicial decision-making, violence, legal education, evidence, reproductive rights, and broader conflicts of rights across different legal traditions.

Key Features:

Comparative and interdisciplinary examination of gender in judicial systems.

Focuses on legitimacy, equity, and the effectiveness of the judiciary.

Explores judicial careers, decision-making, institutional design, and legal doctrine.

Includes contemporary and historically grounded case studies from multiple jurisdictions.

Addresses practical themes such as violence, evidence, gender bias, and legal education.

Coverage:

Gender and judicial systems

Judicial careers and judicial independence

Judicial reasoning and judicial decision-making

Gender bias in justice systems

Violence and judicial response

Gender-competent legal education

Gender and evidence reasoning

Abortion in the United States after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Discrimination under Sharia law

Historical perspectives on women and justice

About the Authors:

This volume is edited by Susanne Baer, Ivana Jelić, and Ivana Krstić. Together, they bring together contributions that examine how gender perspectives influence judicial institutions, legal doctrine, and access to justice across jurisdictions and time periods.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Judicial Systems

Part II: Judicial Careers

Part III: Judicial Decisions

Chapter 7: Can Gender Shape the Course of Justice? Some Insights from the European Court of Human Rights

Chapter 8: Gender and Judiciary System in Spain from a labor perspective

Chapter 9: Gender Representation in the Brazilian Judiciary: Reflections upon a case study of the right to abortion

Chapter 10: Overcoming Gender Bias in the Justice System's Response to Violence: a Call for Enhanced Academic and Professional Training

Part IV: Doctrine

Chapter 11: Gender Competent Legal Education of Criminal Justice Professionals - Case of Intimate Partner Violence

Chapter 12: Contributions to Gender Perspective in Evidence Reasoning

Chapter 13: A Feminist Critique of Traditional Patriarchal Professional Stereotypes: The Example of the Czech Custody Justice System

Chapter 14: Abortion in the U.S. after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: A Comparative Perspective

Part V: Conflicts of Rights

Chapter 15: Discrimination of Women Under Sharia Law and the Molla Sali Judgement of the ECHR

Part VI: Histories

Chapter 16: Roman Woman on Trial: Limited Access to Justice

Chapter 17: Gender and the Judiciary in Medieval Serbia

Why buy this book?

This book is a valuable resource for academics, judges, lawyers, researchers, and libraries interested in judicial legitimacy, equality, comparative law, and gender-sensitive legal analysis. It combines theory, doctrine, and practical reflection in a single scholarly volume that is highly relevant to contemporary debates on justice and institutional fairness.

Keywords:

gender and the judiciary, judicial systems, judicial decision-making, gender bias, comparative law, legal education, evidence reasoning, women’s rights, human rights, courts

Target Audience:

law libraries, judges, legal academics, human rights researchers, comparative law scholars, gender studies researchers, postgraduate students, public law specialists

Genre:

Law, Human Rights, Gender Studies, Comparative Law, Judicial Studies

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