Constituting equality : gender equality and comparative constitutional law / edited by Susan H. Williams.
2009
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Constituting equality : gender equality and comparative constitutional law / edited by Susan H. Williams.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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1 online resource (xv, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Gender quotas in politics : a constitutional challenge / Drude Dahlerup and Lenita Freidenvall
Equality, representation, and challenge to hierarchy : justifying electoral quotas for women / Susan H. Williams
More than rights / Helen Irving
Perfectionism and fundamentalism in the application of the German abortion laws / Mary Anne Case
Moral authority in English and American abortion law / Joanna N. Erdman
Must feminists support entrenchment of sex equality? : lessons from Quebec / Beverley Baines
Deconstructing the East/West binary : substantive equality and Islamic marriage in a comparative dialogue / Pascale Fournier
Conflicting agendas? : women's rights and customary law in African constitutional reform / Aili Mari Tripp
Gender equality and the rule of law in Liberia : statutory law, customary law, and the status of women / Felicia V. Coleman
Constitutional incorporation of international and comparative human rights law : the Colombian constitutional court decision C-355 2006 / Vero⁺ѓnica Undurraga and Rebecca J. Cook
Guatemalan transnational feminists : how their search for constitutional equality interplays with international law / Christiana Ochoa
Women in the constitutional drafting process in Burma / Thin Thin Aung and Susan H. Williams
Founding mothers for a Palestinian constitution? / Adrien Katherine Wing and Hisham A. Kassim.
Equality, representation, and challenge to hierarchy : justifying electoral quotas for women / Susan H. Williams
More than rights / Helen Irving
Perfectionism and fundamentalism in the application of the German abortion laws / Mary Anne Case
Moral authority in English and American abortion law / Joanna N. Erdman
Must feminists support entrenchment of sex equality? : lessons from Quebec / Beverley Baines
Deconstructing the East/West binary : substantive equality and Islamic marriage in a comparative dialogue / Pascale Fournier
Conflicting agendas? : women's rights and customary law in African constitutional reform / Aili Mari Tripp
Gender equality and the rule of law in Liberia : statutory law, customary law, and the status of women / Felicia V. Coleman
Constitutional incorporation of international and comparative human rights law : the Colombian constitutional court decision C-355 2006 / Vero⁺ѓnica Undurraga and Rebecca J. Cook
Guatemalan transnational feminists : how their search for constitutional equality interplays with international law / Christiana Ochoa
Women in the constitutional drafting process in Burma / Thin Thin Aung and Susan H. Williams
Founding mothers for a Palestinian constitution? / Adrien Katherine Wing and Hisham A. Kassim.
Summary
Constituting Equality addresses the question, how would you write a constitution if you really cared about gender equality? The book takes a design-oriented approach to the broad range of issues that arise in constitutional drafting concerning gender equality. Each section of the book examines a particular set of constitutional issues or doctrines across a range of different countries to explore what works, where, and why. Topics include: governmental structure (particularly electoral gender quotas); rights provisions; constitutional recognition of cultural or religious practices that discriminate against women; domestic incorporation of international law; and the role of women in the process of constitution making. Interdisciplinary in orientation and global in scope, the book provides a menu for constitutional designers and others interested in how the fundamental legal order might more effectively promote gender equality.
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English
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9780511596780 ebook
9780521898362 (hardback)
9781107403178 (paperback)
9780521898362 (hardback)
9781107403178 (paperback)
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