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UK: Women and cultural diversity: A digest of cases

Source: 
London School of Economics
This digest contains summaries of some of the key cases in which gender and culture have coincided in the British courts, mainly since the 1970s, but including some that date back to the 19th century.
Website Link: 
http://webdb.lse.ac.uk/gender/
Submitted on Wed, 02/18/2004 - 01:00
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  • United Kingdom
  • Law reform
  • [law] general

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