Debra Parkes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6523971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debra Parkes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debra |
| FAMILY NAME | Parkes |
| SIGNATURE | PARKES D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Looking Back, Looking Forward
This article offers a review of shifts in feminist legal theory since the early 1990s. We first use our respective histories and fields of expertise to provide a brief overview and highlight some key themes within feminist legal theory. We then examine Social & Legal Studies ( SLS), asking whether it has met its key goal of integrating feminist analyses at every level. Our review suggests that SLS has offered many important contributions to femin…
Solitary Confinement, Prisoner Litigation, and the Possibility of a Prison Abolitionist Lawyering Ethic
This paper considers the role that litigation might play in ending the human rights crisis of solitary confinement in Canada while also examining the relationship of prisoner rights litigation to broader, anti-carceral social movements. The paper proceeds in four parts. The first section provides a brief overview of the widespread use of solitary confinement in Canada’s federal prisons and in provincial and territorial jails. Next, current litiga…
Women and wrongful convictions
This paper draws from the wrongful convictions of women to interrogate the limits of dominant conceptions of wrongful conviction. Most North American innocence projects turn on a conception of demonstrable factual innocence. The paper argues that this focus is problematic as a matter of criminal law principle and presents particular difficulties for women. The paper identifies that family violence forms the primary context for both the conviction…
Carnal Crimes
Sexual assault law is a challenging topic to teach. Sexist and other discriminatory doctrines have pervaded its history in the courts and in legal education, and it is a crime that is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women and children.When I discuss sexual assault cases in my criminal law class each year, I start by noting the sheer prevalence of the crime. Unlike some other topics considered in the course, there will be students in the…
Solitary Confinement, Prisoner Litigation, and the Possibility of a Prison Abolitionist Lawyering Ethic
This paper considers the role that litigation might play in ending the human rights crisis of solitary confinement in Canada while also examining the relationship of prisoner rights litigation to broader, anti-carceral social movements. The paper proceeds in four parts. The first section provides a brief overview of the widespread use of solitary confinement in Canada’s federal prisons and in provincial and territorial jails. Next, current litiga…
Women and wrongful convictions
This paper draws from the wrongful convictions of women to interrogate the limits of dominant conceptions of wrongful conviction. Most North American innocence projects turn on a conception of demonstrable factual innocence. The paper argues that this focus is problematic as a matter of criminal law principle and presents particular difficulties for women. The paper identifies that family violence forms the primary context for both the conviction…
Carnal Crimes
Sexual assault law is a challenging topic to teach. Sexist and other discriminatory doctrines have pervaded its history in the courts and in legal education, and it is a crime that is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women and children.When I discuss sexual assault cases in my criminal law class each year, I start by noting the sheer prevalence of the crime. Unlike some other topics considered in the course, there will be students in the…
Women and wrongful convictions
This paper draws from the wrongful convictions of women to interrogate the limits of dominant conceptions of wrongful conviction. Most North American innocence projects turn on a conception of demonstrable factual innocence. The paper argues that this focus is problematic as a matter of criminal law principle and presents particular difficulties for women. The paper identifies that family violence forms the primary context for both the conviction…
Looking Back, Looking Forward
This article offers a review of shifts in feminist legal theory since the early 1990s. We first use our respective histories and fields of expertise to provide a brief overview and highlight some key themes within feminist legal theory. We then examine Social & Legal Studies ( SLS), asking whether it has met its key goal of integrating feminist analyses at every level. Our review suggests that SLS has offered many important contributions to femin…
Solitary Confinement, Prisoner Litigation, and the Possibility of a Prison Abolitionist Lawyering Ethic
This paper considers the role that litigation might play in ending the human rights crisis of solitary confinement in Canada while also examining the relationship of prisoner rights litigation to broader, anti-carceral social movements. The paper proceeds in four parts. The first section provides a brief overview of the widespread use of solitary confinement in Canada’s federal prisons and in provincial and territorial jails. Next, current litiga…
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Poison control (2 works)