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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Northern / Irish Feminist Judgments: Judges Troubles and the Gendered Politics of Identity by Edited by Mairead Enright Edited by Dr Julie McCandless Edited by Dr Aoife ODonoghue
The Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments Project inaugurates a fresh dialogue on gender legal judgment judicial power and national identity in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Through a process of judicial re-imagining the project takes account of the peculiarly Northern/Irish concerns in shaping gender through judicial practice. This collection following on from feminist judgments projects in Canada England and Australia takes the feminist judging methodology in challenging new directions. This book collects 26 rewritten judgments covering a range of substantive areas. As well as opinions from appellate courts the book includes first instance decisions and a fictional review of a Tribunal of Inquiry. Each feminist judgment is accompanied by a commentary putting the case in its social context and explaining the original decision. The book also includes introductory chapters examining the project methodology constructions of national identity theoretical and conceptual issues pertaining to feminist judging and the legal context of both jurisdictions. The book shines a light on past and future possibilities — and limitations — for judgment on the island of Ireland.