Gender, Choice and Commitment: Women Solicitors in England and Wales and the Struggle for Equal Status

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Cases Cited -- Statutes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gender and the Legal Labour Market -- 3 'The Common Sense of Mankind': the Common Law and the Historical Exclusion of Women from the Legal Profession -- 4 'Bonds of Trust': From Informal Exclusion to Full Participation? -- 5 The Men's Room: Cultural Capital and the Fraternal Contract -- 6 'She's All Right for a Bird': The Accommodation of Women -- 7 The Meaning of the Career Break: Human Capital, Cultural Capital, Social Capital -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix: A Description and Discussion of Methods -- Bibliography -- Index