How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make …
On the threshold of the living subject -- A genealogy of perinatal mortality -- Health beyond risk : a midwifery ethos in prenatal care -- Legal fiction and reality effects : evidence of perinatal risk -- Child welfare at the perinatal threshold : making orders protecting fetuse…
The Handbook of Women, Psychology, and the Law is a groundbreaking book that presents legal and psychological perspectives on how society has responded to the most vital (and often controversial) contemporary women's issues. The Handbook covers such important topics as abortion,…
"The Handbook of Women, Psychology, and the Law is a groundbreaking book that presents legal and psychological perspectives on how society has responded to the most vital (and often controversial) contemporary women's issues." "The Handbook of Women, Psychology, and the Law demo…
"The claim that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights are human rights encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to LGBT rights to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against n…
Law and religion in the 21st century: relations between states and religious communitie…
by Ferrari, Silvio, Cristofori, Rinaldo, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Conference of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Milan
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