Introduction: a public law of gender? Katharine G. Young; Part I. Constitutional Design and Gendered Outcomes: 1. Feminisms and constitutions Vicki Jackson; 2. Deference and deferral: constitutional structure and the durability of gender-based nationality laws Kristin A. Collins; 3. The court and the women: structural litigation and grassroots organizing for internally displaced people's rights in Colombia Julieta Lemaitre and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik; Part II. Constitutional Design in a Global Setting: The Challenge of Local Custom: 4. Customary law, constitutional law and women's equality Susan H. Williams; 5. Customising equality in post-conflict constitutions Laura Grenfell; 6. Gender equality in international law and constitutions: mediating universal norms and local differences Vijaya Nagarajan and Archana Parashar; 7. Law as a placeholder for change? Women's rights and realities in Afghanistan Sari Kouvo and Corey Levine; Part III. Localising Participation and Voice through Law: 8. Polygamy: who speaks for women? Beverley Baines; 9. In her own voice: oral (legal) history's insights on gender and the spheres of public law Kim Rubenstein; Part IV. Governance, Government, and Gendered Measures: 10. Good governance, gender equality and political representation: ideas as points of disjuncture Sharon Bessell; 11. Women in government/governance in New Zealand: a case study of engagement over forty years Margaret Wilson; 12. Equality without freedom? Political representation and participation of women in Vietnam Huong Nguyen; 13. Gender, justice and statistics: the case of poverty measurement Scott Wisor; Part V. Governance, Equality and Non-Discrimination: 14. Gender and race in the constitution of groups: the limits of non-discrimination law in settler societies Kirsty Gover; 15. Rethinking the Australian model of promoting gender equality Dominique Allen; 16. Gender, governance and defence of the realm: globalising reforms in the Australian Defence Force Susan Harris Rimmer; Part VI. Global Governance and the Precepts of Public Law: 17. Feminisms, pluralisms and transnationalism: on CEDAW and national constitutions Vicki Jackson; 18. Governing gender justice and victims' rights through the International Criminal Court Louise Chappell; 19. International organisations as employers: searching for practices of fair treatment and due process rights of staff Osmat Jefferson and Innokenti Epichev; 20. Transcending gender inequity in an age of impunity: a gender critique of accountability in global administrative governance Rohan Kapur and Kellin Kristofferson; 21. The future we want: an ecofeminist comment on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Kate Wilkinson.