Gender and Sexuality in Latin America - Cases and Decisions

2013
ISBN: 978-94-007-9861-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 323 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 5095 g

Reihe: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice

Translated and updated from the seminal Spanish text on legal decisions affecting gender and sexuality in Latin America, this English edition is the only law text to focus specifically on the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transgender population in addition to women’s rights more broadly. The volume provides close analysis of some of the most important decisions made by Latin American national courts, as well as those made by international legal bodies, that affect the rights and interests of these groups. Specially selected for their depth of argument and value as exemplars, the studies of good legal practice chart the path of the region’s normative values of justice as they have evolved away from a partial, and patriarchal, exercise of the law. They show how cases with vastly differing contexts such as, property rights and domestic violence have resulted in a mixed body of Latin American law.  Some decisions are  protective of women’s and minority rights. Some assess the wider social impacts of case law in which recognition of the discrete legal identities within households challenges established precepts, including religious ones. Other cases have been chosen as cautionary examples of bad decision-making and for the poverty of their legal debate. Updated to include the latest relevant jurisprudence from across the continent, this book is an informed, cohesive and comprehensive guide to understanding women’s and gender-based rights in Latin America.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saez, Macarena

Motta, Cristina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Mittel-/Südamerika
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Rebecca Cook.- Acknowledgments.- Biographies.- Table of Contents.- Introduction.- 1. Citizenship; Cristina Motta.- 2. Family; Isabel Cristina Jaramillo.- 3. Health; Lidia Casas.- 4. Property; Helena Alviar.- 5. Violence; Julieta Lemaitre.- 6. Diverse sexualities; Juan Marco Vaggione.- 7. Violence based on Prejudice; Maria Mercedes Gómez.