Bar Codes
Women in the Legal Profession
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2007
- Category
- Gender Studies, Gender & the Law
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774813204
- Publish Date
- Jul 2007
- List Price
- $32.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774813198
- Publish Date
- Nov 2006
- List Price
- $95.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774840217
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $30.95
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Description
Bar Codes examines women lawyers' attempts to reconcile their professional obligations with other aspects of their lives. It charts the life courses of women who constitute a first wave – an avant-garde – in a profession designed by men, for men, where formal codes of conduct and subtle cultural norms promote masculine values. A thorough analysis of women’s encounters with this culture provides some answers and raises more questions about the kinds of stresses that have become extreme in the lives of many Canadian women.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Jean McKenzie Leiper is Professor Emerita at the Department of Sociology, King’s University College, University of Western Ontario.