Europeanization or National Specificity? Legal Approaches to Sexual Harassment in France, 2002-2012

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ID4084789
AuthorsA C Saguy (0000-0001-8406-3022, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume52
Issue1
Pages140-171
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/lasr.12313
OpenAlexW2781555447
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited16

This paper examines whether-and if so how-a 2002 European Directive on sexual harassment has changed the practice and content of sexual harassment law in France. It finds that the European Directive shaped how French courts address sexual harassment and informed the content of a new sexual harassment law France passed in 2012. Yet, its influence has been mediated by dominant national attitudes about: (1) the nature of sexual harassment, (2) which legal institutions are best suited to address it, and (3) the character of women who claim to have been harassed. This paper further suggests that news reporting on a 2011 arrest of a French politician for sexual assault led to more positive attitudes about sexual harassment victims

Criminology · Directive · Harassment · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Discrimination and Equality Law · Gender Politics and Representation · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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