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This collection of essays arose from a conference held to mark the silver anniversary of the Australian Sex Discrimination Act (1984). The collection has two aims: first; to honour the contributions of both the spirited individuals who valiantly fought for the enactment of the legislation against the odds, and those who championed the new law once it was passed; secondly, to present a stock-take of the Act within the changed socio-political environment of the 21st century. The contributors present clear-eyed appraisals of the legislation, in addition to considering new forms of legal regulation, such as Equality Act, and the significance of a Human Rights Act. The introduction of a proactive model, which would impose positive duties on organisations, is explored as an alternative to the existing individual complaint-based model of legislation. The contributors also pay attention to the international human rights framework, particularly the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The essays are illuminated by recourse to a rich vein of historical and contemporary literature. Regard is also paid to the comparative experience of other jurisdictions, particularly the UK and Canada.

Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- Sex discrimination --- Sex discrimination in employment --- Sexism --- Law and legislation --- Sex bias --- Discrimination, Sexual --- Gender discrimination --- Sexual discrimination --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Prejudices --- Sex (Psychology) --- Social perception --- Sex role --- Employment (Economic theory) --- Sex role in the work environment --- Sexual division of labor --- Women --- Discrimination --- Gender mainstreaming --- Employment --- australia --- employment --- women --- sex discrimination --- law and legislation --- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women --- Feminism --- Human rights --- United Nations

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This provocative collection of essays by scholars from the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand explores the uneasy relationship between law and popular culture from a feminist perspective. The essays not only consider the representation of law in popular culture, including film, crime fiction and the media, but also the representation of popular culture in legal texts.Romancing the Tomes shows that while popular culture is bewitched by law, particularly anything to do with sex and crime, law is anxious to resist the unruliness of popular culture. The collection is multidis

Feminist jurisprudence. --- Sociological jurisprudence. --- Lawyers in popular culture. --- Popular culture --- Law --- Law and society --- Society and law --- Sociology of law --- Jurisprudence --- Sociology --- Law and the social sciences --- Feminism, Legal --- Legal feminism --- Feminist theory

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