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Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies

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Description for Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Cook, Rebecca J.; Erdman, Joanna N.; Dickens, Bernard M. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: LNDC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

It is increasingly implausible to speak of a purely domestic abortion law, as the legal debates around the world draw on precedents and influences of different national and regional contexts. While the United States and Western Europe may have been the vanguard of abortion law reform in the latter half of the twentieth century, Central and South America are proving to be laboratories of thought and innovation in the twenty-first century, as are particular countries in Africa and Asia. Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective offers a fresh look at significant transnational legal developments in recent years, examining key judicial decisions, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812223965
SKU
V9780812223965
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About Rebecca J. Cook
Rebecca J. Cook is Professor of Law Emerita and codirector of the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program at the University of Toronto. She is editor of Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives and coauthor of Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Joanna N. Erdman is Assistant Professor and MacBain ... Read more

Reviews for Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies
"This diverse collection illuminates the innovative thinking of national, regional, and international court decisions on the appropriateness of abortion regulation. It will serve as an important reference for policy makers, advocates, and adjudicators from around the world for years to come."
Louise Arbour, Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
"By transcending languages and borders, the authors ... Read more

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