Book HackMisjusticeBy Helena Kennedy
In a Nutshell
Misjustice is a look at how the British legal system ignores, abuses, and undermines women's rights.
Favorite Quote
True justice is about more than refereeing between two sides. It is about breathing life into the rules so that no side is at a disadvantage because of sex or race or any of the other impediments which deny justice.
Helena Kennedy
Introduction
The slut, the poverty-stricken single mother, the crazy witch, the upstanding, morally superior wife. The social stereotypes that women are subject to have always extended to our legal systems.
Cultural tropes infuse our civil and criminal justice structures and the laws that legislators create.
The legal system reinforces stereotypes and effectively decides who is the 'ideal victim.' In other words, who is and is not worthy of justice.
In Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women, attorney Helena Kennedy unpacks how far the British legal system has come during her career. Kennedy also examines how far it has to go to reach true equal treatment for women.
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