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Author:   Irehobhude O. Iyioha
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9781138549647

ISBN 10:   1138549649
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Within and Beyond the Hedge: Form, Substance and the Limit of Laws on Women’s Health Law, Normative Limits and Women’s Health: Towards a Jurisprudence of Substantive Effectiveness On Feminism, Morality and Human Rights: Assessing the Effectiveness of United Kingdom’s FGM Act Abortion Law in China: Disempowering Women under the Liberal Regulatory Model Forced Sterilizations: Addressing the Limitations of International Rights Adjudication through an Intersectional Approach Tilted Interpretations: Reproductive Health Law and Practice in the Philippines Economics and the Limits of Law: An International Analysis of Persistent Gaps in Women’s Reproductive Health Indigenous Feminist Legal Theory: A Multi-Juridical Analysis of the Limits of Law for Indigenous Women Living with HIV in Canada Domestication and Reception of International Reproductive Health Law and the Limits of Law: Perspectives from Nigeria and South Africa On the Margins of Law: Examining the Limits of Legislative Initiatives on Maternal Mortality in South Africa and Nigeria

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The authors of this edited volume are to be congratulated for insightfully addressing the complex challenges of translating well-intended laws and policies on women's health into effective outcomes. Rebecca J. Cook, C.M, J.D., J.S.D., F.R.S.C. Professor of Law Emerita, University of Toronto The Limits of Law: Women's Health under Domestic and International Law is an important book. Dr. Iyioha (ed.) and the book's contributors provide a critical analysis of the promise of, and limits to, the role of law in furthering women's health. This thoughtful and provocative book will be of interest to scholars, policy-makers, and advocates who are concerned with women's health, human rights, feminist jurisprudence, intersectionality, and global perspectives on health. Mary Anne Bobinski, Professor, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

The authors of this edited volume are to be congratulated for insightfully addressing the complex challenges of translating well-intended laws and policies on women's health into effective outcomes. Rebecca J. Cook, Professor of Law Emerita, University of Toronto, Canada Women's Health and the Limits of Law: Domestic and International Perspectives is an important book. Dr. Iyioha (ed.) and the book's contributors provide a critical analysis of the promise of, and limits to, the role of law in furthering women's health. This thoughtful and provocative book will be of interest to scholars, policy-makers, and advocates who are concerned with women's health, human rights, feminist jurisprudence, intersectionality, and global perspectives on health. Mary Anne Bobinski, Professor, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Author Information

Irehobhude O. Iyioha, LL.B., LL.M., BL., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, Canada and an Associate Adjunct Professor at the Dossetor Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta. She has held teaching positions at the Faculties of Law at Western University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Alberta, Canada. She is the recipient of the 18th World Congress on Medical Law Award from the World Association for Medical Law for her seminal work on legal effectiveness and the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) Award, 2017 for scholarly work that makes a substantial contribution to legal literature for her theory of Substantive (Legal) Effectiveness.

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