Law, Gender Identity, and the Brain: Exploring Brain-Sex Theories in Judicial Decisions on Trans and Intersex Minors

by Aileen Kennedy

This book challenges law's reliance on neurology's brain-sex binary.

The brain has become the latest candidate in a historical search for a reliable and fixed biological marker of 'true sex' that has permeated every aspect of Western culture, including law. As definitions of the sexed and gendered body have become ever more contentious, the development and dissemination of brain-sex theories have come to dominate popular understanding of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032424311
• ISBN13: 9781032424316
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"