Description
Product ID: | 9780268107659 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development |
Title: | Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean |
Subtitle: | The Legal Impact of the American Convention on Human Rights |
Authors: | Author: Ligia De Jesus Castaldi |
Page Count: | 476 |
Subjects: | Ethical issues: abortion and birth control, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Politics and government, International law, Medical and healthcare law, Birth control, contraception, family planning, Politics & government, International law, Medical & healthcare law, Birth control, contraception, family planning, Caribbean islands, Latin America |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Analyses in detail the abortion laws of the Latin American and Caribbean nations that are parties to the American Convention on Human Rights. The book offers an objective analysis of national and international laws on abortion that presents much valuable information about these laws for the first time in English. Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean is the first major book to analyze the abortion laws of the Latin American and Caribbean nations that are parties to the American Convention on Human Rights. Making use of a broad range of materials relating to human rights and abortion law not yet available in English, the first part of this book analyzes how Inter-American human rights bodies have interpreted the American Convention’s prenatal right to life. The second part examines Article 4(1) of the American Convention, comparing and analyzing the laws regarding prenatal rights and abortion in all twenty-three nations that are parties to this treaty. Castaldi questions how Inter-American human rights bodies currently interpret Article 4(1). Against the predominant view, she argues that the purpose of this treaty is to grant legal protection of the unborn child from elective abortion that is broad and general, not merely exceptional. Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean offers an objective analysis of national and international laws on abortion, proposing a new interpretation of the American Convention’s right-to-life provision that is nonrestrictive and provides general protection for the unborn. The book will appeal not only to students and scholars in the field of international human rights but also to human rights advocates more generally. |
Imprint Name: | University of Notre Dame Press |
Publisher Name: | University of Notre Dame Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-06-25 |