Less than equal : women and the Australian legal system / Patricia Easteal.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : Butterworths, 2001.

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Sex discrimination -- Australia.

Female offenders -- Australia.

Women -- Crimes against -- Australia.

Women lawyers -- Australia.

1. Introduction - The kaleidoscope of reality

2. Theories about criminality and impact on sentencing

3. Women who kill violent partners

4. Single parent payment fraud

5. Women in prison

6. Violence against women in the home

7. Sexual assault law reform and mythology

8. Discrimination and dysfunction in the workplace

9. Sexual harassment

10. Intersectionality - greater than the sum of the parts

11. Women as legal practitioners

12. Outlaw looking in.

Includes index.

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xiii, 254 p.