Constituting Equality

Gender Equality and Comparative Constitutional Law

382 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Constituting Equality addresses the question, how would you write a constitution if you really cared about gender equality? The book takes a design-oriented approach to the broad range of issues that arise in constitutional drafting concerning gender equality. Each section of the book examines a particular set of constitutional issues or doctrines across a range of different countries to explore what works, where, and why. Topics include: governmental structure (particularly electoral gender quotas); rights provisions; constitutional recognition of cultural or religious practices that discriminate against women; domestic incorporation of international law; and the role of women in the process of constitution making. Interdisciplinary in orientation and global in scope, the book provides a menu for constitutional designers and others interested in how the fundamental legal order might more effectively promote gender equality.

• Themen: Recht Rechtswissenschaft, allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• ISBN: 9781107403178
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.05.2011
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Susan H. Williams