{"product_id":"contesting-femicide-9780367665715","title":"Contesting Femicide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on femicide, this book provides a contemporary re-evaluation of Carol Smart's innovative approach to the law question as first outlined in her ground-breaking book, \u003ci\u003eFeminism and the Power of Law\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge 1989). Smart advocated turning to the legal domain not so much for demanding law reforms as construing it as a site on which to contest gender and more particularly, gendered constructions of women's experiences. Over the last 30 to 40 years, feminist law scholars and activists have launched scathing trans-jurisdictional critiques of the operation of provocation defences in hundreds of femicide cases. The evidence unearthed by feminist scholars that these defences operate in profoundly sexed ways is unequivocal. Accordingly, femicide cases have become critically important sites for feminist engagement and intervention across numerous jurisdictions. Exploring an area of criminal law that was not one of Smart's own focal concerns, this book both honours and extends S\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thanks to its ability to account for the complexities of the current femicidal context of the globe, this collection of essays is a timely contribution to the literature on femicide as well as feminist legal scholarship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Sumru Atuk, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanadian Journal of Women \u0026amp; the Law\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003ci\u003eCarol Smart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 Criminal Law Reform Case Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Provocation by ‘Sexual Infidelity’─ Diminishing Returns? \u003ci\u003e— Adrian Howe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Feminist Dilemmas with Law Reform ─ Victoria, Australia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003e Danielle Tyson and Bronwyn Naylor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Criminalising Femicide in Latin American Countries: Legal Power Working For Women? — \u003ci\u003ePatsili Toledo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2 Proliferating Sites of Feminist Legal Intervention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 ‘Being Wrought, Perplexed in the Extreme’ ─ Othello and his Syndrome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— \u003ci\u003eAdrian Howe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Fighting Femicide in Turkey ─ Feminist Legal Challenges ─ \u003ci\u003eDaniela Alaattinoğlu and Cemre Baytok \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability ─ \u003ci\u003eMyrna Dawson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Judicial Discourse \u003ci\u003eversus \u003c\/i\u003eDomestic Violence Death Review: An Australian Case Study — \u003ci\u003eAnna Butler and Emma Buxton-Namisnyk\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Italian Legal Feminism ─ Engaging with the Power of Law — \u003ci\u003eIlaria Boiano \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Legal Education ─ Challenging the Finnish Criminal Law Syllabus — \u003ci\u003eDaniela Alaattinoğlu\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Johanna Niemi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Finland on Trial ─ \u003ci\u003eMarjo Rantala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371701608791,"sku":"9780367665715","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contesting-femicide-9780367665715","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}