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Abstract
This article examines the particular experiences of female ‘cause lawyers’ in conflicted and transitional societies. Drawn from an ongoing comparative project which involved fieldwork in Cambodia, Chile, Israel, Palestine, Tunisia and South Africa, the paper looks at opportunities, obstacles and the obduracy required from such lawyers to ‘make a difference’ in these challenging contexts. Drawing upon the theoretical literature on the sociology of the legal profession, cause-lawyers, gender and transitional justice, and the structure/agency nexus, the article considers in turn the conflict\cause-lawyering intersection and the work of cause-lawyers in transitional contexts. It concludes by arguing that the case-study of cause-lawyers offers a rebuttal to the charge that transitional justice is just like ‘ordinary justice’. It also contends that, notwithstanding the durability of patriarchal power in transitional contexts, law remains a site of struggle, not acquiescence, and many of these cause-lawyers have and continue to exercise both agency and responsibility in ‘taking on’ that power.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-73 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Australian Feminist Law Journal |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 02 Jan 2016 |
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Presented Paper at Closing International Conference for ESRC-funded 'Lawyers, Conflict and Transition' (Structure, Agency and Exceptionalism: Female Lawyers in Conflict and Transition')
Anna Bryson (Invited speaker)
13 Oct 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Presented Paper on "Gender and the Legal Profession in Conflict and Transition" at Socio-Legal Studies Association 2016 Annual Conference in Lancaster
Anna Bryson (Speaker)
06 Apr 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Presented Paper on "The Gendered Professional: Unpacking Power in Conflict and Transition" at the Law and Society Association 2015 Annual Conference in Seattle
Anna Bryson (Speaker)
May 2015Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar