Hanging in the Balance: The Function of Justification in Achieving Women's Equality

This book gives the first in-depth assessment of how justification functions when women are claiming their right to equality.

How can courts assess whether a proposed limit to women's equality is constitutionally justified? This question is rarely explicitly asked, with the assumption that well-established limitation frameworks, such as proportionality, are able to assess whether limits to women's rights are justified. However, delving into the theory and practice of justification reveals fr...