The criminalization of abortion in the West : its origins in medieval law
Record details
- ISBN: 9780801450891
- ISBN: 0801450896
- ISBN: 0801464153
- ISBN: 9780801464157
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages)
remote - Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The earliest proponents of criminalization -- Early venues of criminalization -- Chief agents of criminalization -- Principal arguments in favor of criminalization -- Objections to criminalization -- Abortion experts and expertise -- Abortion in the criminal courts of the ius commune -- Forms of punishments in the criminal courts of the ius commune -- The frequency of criminal prosecutions. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Language Note: | In English. |
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