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What can abortion and divorce laws in other countries teach Americans about these thorny issues? In this incisive new book, noted legal scholar Mary Ann Glendon looks at the experiences of twenty Western nations, including the United States, and shows how they differ, subtly but profoundly, from one another. Her findings challenge many widely held American beliefs. She reveals, for example, that a compromise on the abortion question is not only possible but typical, even in societies that are deeply divided on the matter. Regarding divorce, the extensive reliance on judicial discretion in the United States is not the best way to achieve fairness in arranging child support, spousal maintenance, or division of property--to judge by the experience of other countries. Glendon's analysis, by searching out alternatives to current U.S. practice, identifies new possibilities of reform in these areas. After the late 1960s abortion and divorce became more readily available throughout the West--and most readily in this country--but the approach of American law has been anomalous. Compared with other Western nations, the United States permits less regulation of abortion in the interest of the

Author

Mary Ann Glendon

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674001602