The Feminization of the Judiciary in Portugal: Dilemmas and Paradoxes
Abstract
In recent decades, a significant transformation in the legal professions has been its increasing feminization. However, if in other countries we can find relevant studies on this subject, the gender variable is rarely taken into account in Portugal, except through intuitive and non-scientific processes and discourses that often produce bias and where female judges and public prosecutors have no voice.
This article aims to contribute to filling in this empirical lacuna and, based on a survey of the Portuguese population and on interviews with judges and public prosecutors in Portugal, to analyse the existing views on the feminization of justice and female judging.DOI: https://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.255 | Journal eISSN: 1871-515X
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 43
Published on: Jan 31, 2014
Published by: Utrecht University School of Law
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2014 Madalena Duarte, Paula Fernando, Conceição Gomes, Ana Oliveira, published by Utrecht University School of Law
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