Judicial heroines? Comparative and conceptual reflections

Rosalind Dixon and Erin F. Delaney

Chapter 1 in Elgar Companion to Female Chief Justices in Comparative Perspective, 2026, pp 1-36 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: An increasing number of countries now have, or have had, female chief justices and court presidents. This is a major milestone for gender justice. But what does it mean for feminist jurisprudence and institutional change? And how, if at all, does it affect courts’ approaches to protection and promotion of constitutional democratic commitments? This chapter outlines these questions and a conceptual and analytic framework for answering them, drawing on feminist and comparative constitutional literature to ground the inquiries found in later chapters of the volume.

Keywords: Constitutions; Chief justices; Judicial leadership; Female; Feminism; Democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035308637
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