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" Sex discrimination and law firm culture on the internet : "
Amanda K. Baumle.
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558006
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b386772
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Amanda K Baumle
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Sex discrimination and law firm culture on the internet : : lawyers at the information age watercooler\ Amanda K. Baumle.
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1st ed
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New York: N.Y. Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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023061325X
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: 0230622208
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: 9780230613256
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Methods : exploring an internet community -- Gender inequality in the legal practice -- The dispute process in the greedy associates community -- Employing litigation to redress gender inequality -- Lawyers using legal discourse to challenge gender discrimination -- Conclusion.
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Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women attorneys rarely sue their employers, and often do not challenge discriminatory behavior. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, where lawyers fail to employ the legal system on their own behalf. By exploring attorneys' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful toolDespite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women attorneys rarely sue their employers, and often do not challenge discriminatory behavior. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, where lawyers fail to employ the legal system on their own behalf. By exploring attorneys' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful toolDespite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women attorneys rarely sue their employers, and often do not challenge discriminatory behavior. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, where lawyers fail to employ the legal system on their own behalf. By exploring attorneys' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool",,,,,"Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers'Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers'use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality.Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers'Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers'use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality.Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers'Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers'use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality.Read less
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