The Social Construction of Sexual Harassment Law
Subtitle: The Role of the National, Organizational and Individual Context (Law, Justice and Power)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate/Dartmouth
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780754621201
Subjects: Criminal law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Social law; Stalking & sexual harassment; USA; General; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Austria; Law and legislation; Sexual harassment; Social aspects; Sociological jurisprudence; United States
Description: "The global legal landscape is littered with attempts to provide context and meaning for sexual harassment law. Most have failed because they have limited themselves to the mere words of law. This cross-national study is the first to expand our notion of sexual harassment law and implementation by exposing the relationship between law and its social context, demonstrating how this fundamentally influences legal understanding and outcomes. Taking a unique theoretical approach, this book explores perceptions of law within national, corporate and the individual contexts, analyzing the potentials of each level to influence the social understanding of law, and the wider role of law in society itself. The result is a pioneering work of fresh insight which will appeal to a broad range of academic disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.