Gender and the judiciary - Selected findings and recommendations on the implications of gender within the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gender and the judiciary - Selected findings and recommendations on the implications of gender within the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Majda Halilović, Heather Huhtanen
Contributor(s): Adisa Okerić Zaid (Translator), Kimberly Storr (Editor)
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Social differentiation, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Atlantska inicijativa: Udruženje za promicanje euroatlantskih integracija BiH
Keywords: BiH; gender and justice; Impartial Judiciary; gender equality; sexual harassment; sexual discrimination; child custody;
Summary/Abstract: How does gender influence the work of the judiciary? It is sometimes assumed that the law is objective, neutral, and impartial and therefore gender has little or no influence on its implementation. And yet, consideration of the legal practitioner responsible for implementing the law inevitably invites a question that has confronted practitioners and scholars throughout the history of jurisprudence: How can the implementation and practice of law by legal practitioners who are influenced by social norms be delivered impartially?

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