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BEYOND CONTROL - Couverture souple

Sheldon, Sally

 
9780745311678: BEYOND CONTROL
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0745311679 ISBN 13 : 9780745311678
Editeur : Pluto Press, 1997

Synopsis

Abortion is now recognised as primarily a medical issue, rather than one of political and social importance; its regulation determined by the authority of doctors and other medical professionals.

In the first comprehensive historical study of the regulation of abortion, Sally Sheldon examines the causes and effects of the medicalisation of abortion, focusing on the role that law has played in this process. Sheldon traces the history of the modern law on abortion, examining regulation in Britain prior to the 1967 Abortion Act, following with a detailed study of the Act itself and the values which underpin it, and locating the British law in a comparative context.

Taking a theoretical approach to the subject, Sheldon draws on the work of Foucault and on feminist theory to challenge common perceptions that the law has evolved to embrace a more permissive stance on abortion and that in so doing Britain, in particular, has now ‘solved’ the ‘abortion problem’.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sally Sheldon lectures in law at Keele University. She has written on abortion law for Social and Legal Studies, Feminist Legal Studies and is a contributor to Law and Body Politics, edited by Bridgeman and Millus (1995).

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Éditeur
Pluto Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0745311679
ISBN 13 
9780745311678
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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