| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 472 pages) |
| Series |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights |
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Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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| Contents |
The Constitutionalization of Abortion / Reva B. Siegel -- Abortion in Portugal : New Trends in European Constitutionalism / Ruth Rubio-Marín -- Women's Rights in the Abortion Decision of the Slovak Constitutional Court / Adriana Lamacková -- Proportionality in the Constitutional Review of Abortion Law / Verónica Undurraga -- A Functionalist Approach to Comparative Abortion Law / Rachel Rebouché -- The Procedural Turn : Abortion at the European Court of Human Rights / Joanna N. Erdman -- The Struggle Against Informal Rules on Abortion in Argentina / Paola Bergallo -- Reforming African Abortion Laws and Practice : The Place of Transparency / Charles G. Ngwena -- The Medical Framework and Early Medical Abortion in the U.K. : How Can a State Control Swallowing? / Sally Sheldon -- The Right to Conscience / Bernard M. Dickens -- Catholic Constitutionalism on Sex, Women, and the Beginning of Life / Julieta Lemaitre -- Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate : Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy / Luís Roberto Barroso -- Toward Transformative Equality in Nepal : The Lakshmi Dhikta Decision / Melissa Upreti -- Reckoning with Narratives of Innocent Suffering in Transnational Abortion Litigation / Lisa M. Kelly -- Narratives of Prenatal Personhood in Abortion Law / Alejandro Madrazo -- Stigmatized Meanings of Criminal Abortion Law / Rebecca J. Cook |
| Summary |
Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective offers a fresh look at significant transnational legal developments in recent years, examining key judicial decisions, constitutional texts, and regulatory reforms of abortion law in order to envision ways ahead |
| Notes |
Includes table of cases and table of legislation, treaties, and other relevant instruments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-456) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Case studies
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Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Cross-cultural studies
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Reproductive rights -- Law and legislation -- Case studies
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Reproductive rights -- Law and legislation -- Cross-cultural studies
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Abortion, Induced -- legislation & jurisprudence
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
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Abortion -- Law and legislation.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cook, Rebecca J., editor.
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Erdman, Joanna N., editor.
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Dickens, Bernard M., 1937- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780812209990 |
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0812209990 |
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