Is the law neutral, and does it serve us all equally? The Scottish Feminist Judgements Project (SFJP) attempts to answer these questions. Legal academics and practitioners got together to re-write historical cases through a gendered lens. In their re-writing, the feminist judges could only use tools - laws, evidence, and social understanding of the world - that could have been accessed by the original judge and jury at the time of the original judgement.
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In this bonus episode, we discuss the impact that feminist judgments can have, and how they are meaningful. In the first half of the episode, Amrita Ahluwalia-McMeddes…
Scottish Feminist Judgments Podcast: Bonus Episode
From Elisabeth Barlow
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Mr and Mrs Coyle were married for 25 years. After several years of being separated, Mrs Coyle filed for divorce. They had accumulated some wealth over the years, and…
Scottish Feminist Judgments Podcast Episode 3:…
From Elisabeth Barlow
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In 1998, Fiona Lang was charged under the Road Traffic Act of being in charge of a motor vehicle while over the limit: drink driving. Fiona pled the defence of…
Scottish Feminist Judgments Podcast Episode 2:…
From Elisabeth Barlow
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In 1998, Marylin McKenna was murdered by Stuart Drury. Drury was tried for her murder and was found guilty, but he appealed the decision claiming he had been provoked…
Scottish Feminist Judgments Podcast Episode 1:…
From Elisabeth Barlow
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