Bar Codes
Subtitle: Women in the Legal Profession (Law and Society)
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: October 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780774813198
Subjects: Legal profession; Women's studies; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Sociology; Canada; General
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."--BOOK JACKET.