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Liz Davies (born 1963) is a British barrister, author and political activist who advocates "socialist feminism".〔Liz Davies ("In praise of feminism" ), ''Morning Star'', 22 March 2013〕 She is the daughter of retired Oxford academic and historian of Tudor England, C. S. L. Davies. She studied at University College London, taking a sabbatical year working for the students' union as welfare secretary. Specialising in housing law, Davies initially worked as a solicitor before being called to the bar in 1994. Davies is a co-author of ''Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice''. In 2014 Davies was a finalist for the Legal Aid Barrister of the Year award. A former Labour Party councillor in Islington (1990–98), she was selected as the Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Leeds North-East in 1995, but was subsequently found "unsuitable" as a candidate by a large majority of the Labour Party's ruling National Executive Committee.〔("A Dissenter Inside New Labour" ), by Dennis L. Bird, ''Contemporary Review'', June 2002.〕 Davies' selection was accompanied by allegations over her behaviour at Labour group meetings, for which Davies' later commenced legal proceedings against three former Islington councillors, which ended in a settlement in which the three apologised and made a contribution to the general election fund of their local MP. She was also attacked for her association with the newspaper ''London Left Briefing'';〔Andy McSmith ''Faces of Labour'', London: Verso, 2001, p.235〕 its connections to trotskyist groups was used against Davies.〔Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the Twentieth Century'', London: Pinter, 2000, p.284〕 She was elected as a member of the NEC in October 1998 on the Grassroots Alliance slate, serving on the body for two years, an experience recounted in her book.〔Liz Davies ''Through the Looking Glass'', London: Verso, 2001 ISBN 1-85984-609-2〕 Later, after resigning from the Labour Party, she joined the Socialist Alliance in 2001, becoming the organisation's national chair for nine months. She resigned from the SA in October 2002 over claims of financial "bad practice"〔("Executive wake-up call" ), ''Weekly Worker'', 454, October 31, 2002〕 and frustration at the way the Socialist Workers Party's leadership had conducted itself in the organisation's activities.〔("A Spin too Far" ), ''Sign of the Times'' seminar, February 24, 2002 (subsequently updated).〕 She has been chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers since 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liz Davies )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive and Officers )〕 Liz Davies' partner was the American-born political activist and writer Mike Marqusee.〔Mike Marqusee ("Ten years on: a comment on the British SWP" ), MikeMarqusee.com, 10 January 2013〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liz Davies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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