Women's health and the limits of law : domestic and international perspectives / edited by Irehobhude O. Iyioha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iyioha, Irehobhude O., editor.

Series:

Routledge research in human rights law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's health services--Law and legislation.

Women's health services.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Women.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Physical Description:

xxi, 300 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, OXon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Contents:

Introduction : within and beyond the hedge : form, substance and the limit of laws on women's health / Irehobhude O. Iyioha

Law, normative limits and women's health : towards a jurisprudence of substantive effectiveness / Irehobhude O. Iyioha

Feminism, morality and human rights : assessing the effectiveness of United Kingdom's FGM Act / Jenaye M. Lewis, Irehobhude O. Iyioha and Dexter Dias

Abortion law in China : disempowering women under the liberal regulatory model / Wei Wei Cao

Forced sterilizations : addressing the limitations of international rights adjudication through an intersectional approach / Charlotte H. Skeet

Tilted Interpretations : reproductive health law and practice in the Philippines / Amparita Sta. Maria

Economics and the limits of law : an international analysis of persistent gaps in women's reproductive health / Karen A. Grépin, Jeni Klugman and Matthew Moore

Indigenous feminist legal theory : a multi-juridical analysis of the limits of law for Indigenous women living with HIV in Canada / Emily Snyder

Domestication and reception of international reproductive health law and the limits of law : perspectives from Nigeria and South Africa / Babafemi Odunsi and Oluwayemisi Adewole

On the margins of law : examining the limits of legislative initiatives on maternal mortality in South Africa and Nigeria / Arooj Shah, Toyin Akintola, and Irehobhude O. Iyioha

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138549647

1138549649

OCLC:

1110672721