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Women judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Hale, Brenda.
Hale, Brenda.
Women judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Spider woman : a life /
Brenda
Hale
.
by
Hale
,
Brenda
.
The Bodley Head Ltd., 2021.
Call #:
347.42092 H161s
Subjects
Hale
,
Brenda
.
Women judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Judges -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781847926593 (hc.)
Description:
278 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country vut it was an unconventional path to the top. How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession dominated by men? Was it a surprise that the perspectives of women and other disadvantaged groups had been overlooked, or that children's interests were marginalised? Her landmark rulings in areas including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were her attempt to correct that. And she became a lifelong smasher of glass ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything'. As president of Supreme Court, Lady
Hale
won global attenion in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament unlawful. Yet that dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she was hailed as a pioneering reformer. Wise, warm and inspiring, 'Spider Woman' shows how the law shapes our world and supports us in crisis. It is the story of how Lady
Hale
found that she could overcome the odd, which shows that anyone from similar beginnings will find that they can cope too."--Jacket.
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