Sex Discrimination and Law Firm Culture on the Internet

Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality.

Autorentext
AMANDA K. BAUMLE is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston, USA. She specializes in sociology of law, demography, and social inequality. She has authored, coauthored, or edited several books and articles, including Same-Sex Partners: The Demography of Sexual Orientation and Demography in Transition: Emerging Trends in Population Studies.

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Introduction Methods: Exploring an Internet Community Gender Inequality in the Legal Practice The Dispute Process in the Greedy Associates Community Employing Litigation to Redress Gender Inequality Lawyers Using Legal Discourse to Challenge Gender Discrimination Conclusion