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What a difference difference makes: Gendered harms and judicial diversity

Rackley, Erika (2008) What a difference difference makes: Gendered harms and judicial diversity. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 15 (1-2). pp. 37-56. ISSN 0969-5958. (doi:10.1080/09695950802439783) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:76550)

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Abstract

Taking the UK Ministry of Justice's ongoing quest to ensure a more diverse judiciary as its starting point and backdrop, this paper establishes the House of Lords' decision in Secretary of State for the Home Department v. K (FC); Fornah (FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 2006 as a lens through which to explore the ‘difference’ of the woman judge and, in particular, the developing jurisprudence of Baroness Hale—the first (and only) female law lord in the UK. It argues that Baroness Hale's candid recognition and articulation of the gendered nature of the experiences and violence in Fornah's story reveals not only the difference difference (in whatever form) might make to understandings of the judge, judging and justice but also the importance of recognising the transformative potential of judicial diversity to create a space in which difference is celebrated and valued on its own terms, a place where difference can truly make a difference.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/09695950802439783
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Sian Robertson
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2019 14:24 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:26 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/76550 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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