Gender and the constitution : equity and agency in comparative constitutional design / Helen Irving.
"This book considers what needs to be taken into account in writing a constitution when gender equity and agency are goals. It does so by examining principles of constitutionalism, constitutional jurisprudence, and history and applying a "gender audit" to existing constitutions. In ad...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | MyiLibrary.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This book considers what needs to be taken into account in writing a constitution when gender equity and agency are goals. It does so by examining principles of constitutionalism, constitutional jurisprudence, and history and applying a "gender audit" to existing constitutions. In addressing such issues, the book eschews a simple focus on equality rights and examines consitutional language, interpretation, structures, and distribution of power, rules of citizenship, processes of representation, and the constitutional recognition of international and customary law. Its discussion of rights treats equality rights and reproductive rights as distinct issues for constitutional design."--P. [ii]. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511377363 9780511377365 0511378254 9780511378256 0511379129 9780511379123 0511619685 9780511619687 0521707455 9780521707459 1281243671 9781281243676 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511619687 |