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Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America by Francisca Pou Giménez (editor), Ruth Rubio Marín (editor), Verónica Undurraga Valdés (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book discusses to what extent and how constitutional design and practice in Latin America have helped in combatting the subordination of women and LGBTQIA+ people. Covering 11 jurisdictions, the chapters identify the main elements of the constitutional gender order and survey jurisprudential and legislative developments in different areas, incorporating contextual analysis and references to history, political dynamics, social movements, feminist struggles, normative efficacy, and policy. In the context of a constitutionalism that has been celebrated as particularly innovative and socially engaged, the book assesses constitutional performance in the quest to supersede the separate gendered spheres tradition and the subordination of women and sexual minorities to heteronormative hegemony. It fills an important gap in the field of gender and constitutionalism, which has paid very little attention to Latin America compared to the Anglo-American legal world and continental Europe. It identifies regional trends, but also variables which account for the diversity of approaches in various jurisdictions. The book provides much-needed insight into matters that are relevant for legal and

Who reads Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America?

Author

Francisca Pou Giménez (editor), Ruth Rubio Marín (editor), Verónica Undurraga Valdés (editor)

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781003343929

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law