Katherine O’donovan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4518841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine O’donovan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | O’donovan |
| SIGNATURE | O’DONOVAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
"Real" Mothers for Abandoned Children
Drawing on the laws and practices of three countries-England, France, and Germany-this article examines the constructions of narratives of abandoned children. Although the three countries share the values of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, having ratified it, their laws and practices with regard to the child's identity rights have little in common. Explaining the different approaches to abandonment, the article argues th…
Milton C. Regan Jr., Along Together
Mature Minors Are Individuals
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From Newton's Sleep
Human Rights and Legal History
This book brings together essays on themes of human rights and legal history, reflecting the long and distinguished career as academic writer and human rights activist of Brian Simpson. Written by colleagues and friends in the United States and Britain, the essays are intended to reflect Simpson's own legal interests. The collection opens with biography of Simpson's academic life which notes his major contribution to legal thought, and closes wit…
Marriage
Law's Knowledge
With the increased public sympathy for women who kill their abusers, a return to examination of law's handling of these deaths is timely.' The sympathy springs from criticism of the trial process as mediated to the jury by the judge. There seems to be an intuitive public understanding that long experience of being a victim of violence may lead a woman to kill. The focus of this paper is on the resistances of English law to women's accounts of the…
Legislation and Reports
Defences for Battered Women Who Kill
Recent articles on legal theory suggest that the concepts 'standpoint'1 and 'perspective'2 may be useful in probing certain issues. The idea is to recognize a pluralism of views, values, interests, and experiences which affect what we know about law. This involves questioning the Archimedian position, that of the detached neutral observer who sits on Olympus and decides what is right or fair in judgement, law-making or indeed academic writing. In…
Justice and Gender
Engendering Justice
A Right to Know One's Parentage
Journal Article A RIGHT TO KNOW ONE'S PARENTAGE? Get access KATHERINE O'DONOVAN KATHERINE O'DONOVAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Volume 2, Issue 1, April 1988, Pages 27–45, https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/2.1.27 Published: 01 April 1988
The Divorce Revolution
Gender, Sex and the Law
Women in Law
"Real" Mothers for Abandoned Children
Drawing on the laws and practices of three countries-England, France, and Germany-this article examines the constructions of narratives of abandoned children. Although the three countries share the values of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, having ratified it, their laws and practices with regard to the child's identity rights have little in common. Explaining the different approaches to abandonment, the article argues th…
Defences for Battered Women Who Kill
Recent articles on legal theory suggest that the concepts 'standpoint'1 and 'perspective'2 may be useful in probing certain issues. The idea is to recognize a pluralism of views, values, interests, and experiences which affect what we know about law. This involves questioning the Archimedian position, that of the detached neutral observer who sits on Olympus and decides what is right or fair in judgement, law-making or indeed academic writing. In…
A Right to Know One's Parentage
Journal Article A RIGHT TO KNOW ONE'S PARENTAGE? Get access KATHERINE O'DONOVAN KATHERINE O'DONOVAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Volume 2, Issue 1, April 1988, Pages 27–45, https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/2.1.27 Published: 01 April 1988
Law's Knowledge
With the increased public sympathy for women who kill their abusers, a return to examination of law's handling of these deaths is timely.' The sympathy springs from criticism of the trial process as mediated to the jury by the judge. There seems to be an intuitive public understanding that long experience of being a victim of violence may lead a woman to kill. The focus of this paper is on the resistances of English law to women's accounts of the…
Engendering Justice
Marriage
Gender, Sex and the Law
Women in Law
The Divorce Revolution
A Right to Know One's Parentage
Journal Article A RIGHT TO KNOW ONE'S PARENTAGE? Get access KATHERINE O'DONOVAN KATHERINE O'DONOVAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Volume 2, Issue 1, April 1988, Pages 27–45, https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/2.1.27 Published: 01 April 1988
Engendering Justice
Justice and Gender
Legislation and Reports
Defences for Battered Women Who Kill
Recent articles on legal theory suggest that the concepts 'standpoint'1 and 'perspective'2 may be useful in probing certain issues. The idea is to recognize a pluralism of views, values, interests, and experiences which affect what we know about law. This involves questioning the Archimedian position, that of the detached neutral observer who sits on Olympus and decides what is right or fair in judgement, law-making or indeed academic writing. In…
Marriage
Law's Knowledge
With the increased public sympathy for women who kill their abusers, a return to examination of law's handling of these deaths is timely.' The sympathy springs from criticism of the trial process as mediated to the jury by the judge. There seems to be an intuitive public understanding that long experience of being a victim of violence may lead a woman to kill. The focus of this paper is on the resistances of English law to women's accounts of the…
Human Rights and Legal History
This book brings together essays on themes of human rights and legal history, reflecting the long and distinguished career as academic writer and human rights activist of Brian Simpson. Written by colleagues and friends in the United States and Britain, the essays are intended to reflect Simpson's own legal interests. The collection opens with biography of Simpson's academic life which notes his major contribution to legal thought, and closes wit…
Mature Minors Are Individuals
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
From Newton's Sleep
Milton C. Regan Jr., Along Together
"Real" Mothers for Abandoned Children
Drawing on the laws and practices of three countries-England, France, and Germany-this article examines the constructions of narratives of abandoned children. Although the three countries share the values of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, having ratified it, their laws and practices with regard to the child's identity rights have little in common. Explaining the different approaches to abandonment, the article argues th…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)