Body Law and the Body of Law : a Comparative Study of Social Norm Inclusion in Norwegian and American Laws.

The book examines how laws on sterilization, birth control and abortion were created, by focusing on the act of legislation; how the law was driven by scientific and social norms during the first and closing decades of the 20th century in the USA (especially in the state of Indiana) and Norway. The...

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Main Author: Hassenstab, Christine M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Warschau/Berlin : De Gruyter, 2015.
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