Women in the legal profession in South Africa: traversing the tensions from the bar to the bench

Women in the legal profession in South Africa: traversing the tensions from the bar to the bench

This paper takes the view that the substance of that knowledge and information is to be found with the very women we are concerned with. It seeks to investigate this by eliciting the experiences of women who have entered the profession, specifically the advocate’s profession, more commonly known a...

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Main Author: Chitapi, Rudo Runako
Other Authors: Masengu, Tabeth
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:
Public Law
Legal Profession
Women
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15211
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-152112020-10-06T05:11:43Z Women in the legal profession in South Africa: traversing the tensions from the bar to the bench Chitapi, Rudo Runako Masengu, Tabeth Moult, Kelley Public Law Legal Profession Women This paper takes the view that the substance of that knowledge and information is to be found with the very women we are concerned with. It seeks to investigate this by eliciting the experiences of women who have entered the profession, specifically the advocate’s profession, more commonly known as the Bar. Closer scrutiny of women in the profession in this way will determine whether and to what extent patriarchal normative attitudes still operative in the legal profession. 2015-11-21T09:39:35Z 2015-11-21T09:39:35Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15211 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Law Department of Public Law
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Legal Profession
Women
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Legal Profession
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Women in the legal profession in South Africa: traversing the tensions from the bar to the bench
description This paper takes the view that the substance of that knowledge and information is to be found with the very women we are concerned with. It seeks to investigate this by eliciting the experiences of women who have entered the profession, specifically the advocate’s profession, more commonly known as the Bar. Closer scrutiny of women in the profession in this way will determine whether and to what extent patriarchal normative attitudes still operative in the legal profession.
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