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Spider Woman: A Life

Door Lady Hale

Categorie
Recht & Criminologie
Boeknummer
#414078-XY1
Titel
Spider Woman: A Life
Auteur
Hale, Lady
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Washington, DC : National Geographic Books
Jaar van uitgave
2021
ISBN10
1847926592
ISBN13
9781847926593
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, dust jacket, illustrated with photographs in colour, 8vo.
Samenvatting
'Brenda Hale's story is extraordinary. She has been a pioneer... Spider woman and agent of change' Harriet Harman Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story. As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful. Yet that dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she was hailed as a pioneering reformer. As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country. How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession d... (Lees verder)ominated by men? A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were her attempt to correct that. Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our world. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome the odds and change British law for good. 'Essential, entertaining and inspirational reading for all lovers of freedom, equality and justice' Shami Chakrabati ** A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**
Pagina's
278
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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