| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 269 pages) |
| Series |
Law in context |
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Law in context.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Anne Hellum -- Prologue: Eugenics and the control of reproduction and sexuality -- Part I: Developing rights and wrongs -- Victims, harms and grievance formation -- Part II: A questions of rights? -- A master frame of rights : involuntary sterilisation and castration in international law -- Sweden : remedies with limited legal recognition of responsibility -- Norway : 'ethnic cleansing'? -- Finland : silence -- Part III: Rights framing and grievance formation -- From harms to remedies? -- Law and society in change |
| Summary |
"Employing an interdisciplinary, comparative approach, this book explores the inconsistent treatment of victims of involuntary sterilisation and castration in three Nordic countries over the last century. Using a vast range of primary and secondary sources, it investigates the development of rights and state responsibility"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - European University Institute, 2019) issued under title: The path of the law : the establishment, abolition and remedy of involuntary sterilisation and castration in Sweden, Norway and Finland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed on August 25, 2023) |
| Subject |
Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Scandinavia
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Eugenics -- Law and legislation -- Scandinavia
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Liability for human rights violations -- Scandinavia
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Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Scandinavia
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Eugenics -- Law and legislation
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Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation
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Liability for human rights violations
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Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Scandinavia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009171663 |
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1009171666 |
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9781009187268 |
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1009187260 |
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9781009187275 |
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1009187279 |
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