Susan Millns
Biographic Data
| ID | 5795191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Millns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Millns |
| SIGNATURE | MILLNS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender Equality, Legal Mobilization, and Feminism in a Multilevel European System
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Gender Equality and Legal Mobilization in the United Kingdom
This article analyzes women’s contemporary use of rights to mobilize and pursue claims for gender equality and gender justice in the United Kingdom. Empirically, the paper explores the growth of rights discourse and activity against the backdrop of a stronger constitutionalization of women’s rights at national, European, and international levels. It does this through an exploration of individual and collective lobbying and litigation strategies i…
Gender Auditing the Human Rights Act 1998
With the passage of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), a new era has begun as a distinct rights culture has come to pervade UK law, society and political life. The purpose of this article is to test the progressive credentials of the HRA in the light of the long-standing and stringent critique of rights discourse by feminists through an assessment of the legislation's capacity to improve the protection of the fundamental rights of women and sexual …
Special Issue
Parity, Power and Representative Politics
Exploring the Boundaries of Reproductive Autonomy
Reproducing inequalities
Taking a comparative perspective, this article examines the effect upon single persons of eligibility criteria for access to new reproductive technologies in the UK, using as a parallel recent developments in this area in Australia. Through an analysis of the decision of the Federal Court of Australia (Victoria) in McBain v. State of Victoria & others [2000] FCA 1009, in which state legislation that prohibited single women from gaining access to …
The Human Rights Act 1998 and Reproductive Rights
Journal Article The Human Rights Act 1998 and Reproductive Rights Get access Susan Millns Susan Millns Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 3, 1 July 2001, Pages 475–494, https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/54.3.475 Published: 01 July 2001
Delivering Democracy to Abortion Politics
Dwarf-throwing and human dignity
In 1994 the French Constitutional Council, through an inspired interpretation of the Preamble to the Constitution of 1946, discovered the principle of safeguarding human dignity. The Constitutional Council did not, however, define its content or its limits. Two recent decisions of the Conseil d'Etat have given effect to the principle in the context of measures taken to ban dwarf-throwing competitions in France. This note examines the innovative l…
Legislative Constructions of Motherhood
Constructing British Abortion Law
Constructing British Abortion Law: The Role of the Legislature, the Judiciary and European Institutions Get access SUSAN MILLNS, SUSAN MILLNS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar BRIAN THOMPSON BRIAN THOMPSON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 1994, Pages 190–202, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052465 Published: 0…
Gender Equality, Legal Mobilization, and Feminism in a Multilevel European System
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
Gender Equality and Legal Mobilization in the United Kingdom
This article analyzes women’s contemporary use of rights to mobilize and pursue claims for gender equality and gender justice in the United Kingdom. Empirically, the paper explores the growth of rights discourse and activity against the backdrop of a stronger constitutionalization of women’s rights at national, European, and international levels. It does this through an exploration of individual and collective lobbying and litigation strategies i…
Parity, Power and Representative Politics
Reproducing inequalities
Taking a comparative perspective, this article examines the effect upon single persons of eligibility criteria for access to new reproductive technologies in the UK, using as a parallel recent developments in this area in Australia. Through an analysis of the decision of the Federal Court of Australia (Victoria) in McBain v. State of Victoria & others [2000] FCA 1009, in which state legislation that prohibited single women from gaining access to …
Dwarf-throwing and human dignity
In 1994 the French Constitutional Council, through an inspired interpretation of the Preamble to the Constitution of 1946, discovered the principle of safeguarding human dignity. The Constitutional Council did not, however, define its content or its limits. Two recent decisions of the Conseil d'Etat have given effect to the principle in the context of measures taken to ban dwarf-throwing competitions in France. This note examines the innovative l…
Constructing British Abortion Law
Constructing British Abortion Law: The Role of the Legislature, the Judiciary and European Institutions Get access SUSAN MILLNS, SUSAN MILLNS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar BRIAN THOMPSON BRIAN THOMPSON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 1994, Pages 190–202, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052465 Published: 0…
Dwarf-throwing and human dignity
In 1994 the French Constitutional Council, through an inspired interpretation of the Preamble to the Constitution of 1946, discovered the principle of safeguarding human dignity. The Constitutional Council did not, however, define its content or its limits. Two recent decisions of the Conseil d'Etat have given effect to the principle in the context of measures taken to ban dwarf-throwing competitions in France. This note examines the innovative l…
Legislative Constructions of Motherhood
Delivering Democracy to Abortion Politics
The Human Rights Act 1998 and Reproductive Rights
Journal Article The Human Rights Act 1998 and Reproductive Rights Get access Susan Millns Susan Millns Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 3, 1 July 2001, Pages 475–494, https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/54.3.475 Published: 01 July 2001
Reproducing inequalities
Taking a comparative perspective, this article examines the effect upon single persons of eligibility criteria for access to new reproductive technologies in the UK, using as a parallel recent developments in this area in Australia. Through an analysis of the decision of the Federal Court of Australia (Victoria) in McBain v. State of Victoria & others [2000] FCA 1009, in which state legislation that prohibited single women from gaining access to …
Exploring the Boundaries of Reproductive Autonomy
Parity, Power and Representative Politics
Gender Auditing the Human Rights Act 1998
With the passage of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), a new era has begun as a distinct rights culture has come to pervade UK law, society and political life. The purpose of this article is to test the progressive credentials of the HRA in the light of the long-standing and stringent critique of rights discourse by feminists through an assessment of the legislation's capacity to improve the protection of the fundamental rights of women and sexual …
Special Issue
Gender Equality, Legal Mobilization, and Feminism in a Multilevel European System
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
Gender Equality and Legal Mobilization in the United Kingdom
This article analyzes women’s contemporary use of rights to mobilize and pursue claims for gender equality and gender justice in the United Kingdom. Empirically, the paper explores the growth of rights discourse and activity against the backdrop of a stronger constitutionalization of women’s rights at national, European, and international levels. It does this through an exploration of individual and collective lobbying and litigation strategies i…
Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Human rights (5 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (4 works)