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Gender and the constitution : = equity and agency in comparative constitutional design /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Gender and the constitution :/ Helen Irving.
Reminder of title:	equity and agency in comparative constitutional design /
remainder title:	Gender & the Constitution
Author:	Irving, Helen,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Constitutional law. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619687
ISBN:	9780511619687 (ebook)

Gender and the constitution : = equity and agency in comparative constitutional design /
Irving, Helen,

Gender and the constitution :equity and agency in comparative constitutional design /Gender & the ConstitutionHelen Irving. - 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Framework -- Constitutional language -- Federalism -- Citizenship -- Representation -- The constitutional court -- Equality rights -- Reproductive rights -- International and customary law -- Conclusions: amendment and compliance.

We live in an era of constitution-making. New constitutions are appearing in historically unprecedented numbers, following regime change in some countries, or a commitment to modernization in others. No democratic constitution today can fail to recognize or provide for gender equality. Constitution-makers need to understand the gendered character of all constitutions, and to recognize the differential impact on women of constitutional provisions, even where these appear gender-neutral. This book confronts what needs to be considered in writing a constitution when gender equity and agency are goals. It examines principles of constitutionalism, constitutional jurisprudence, and history. Its goal is to establish a framework for a 'gender audit' of both new and existing constitutions. It eschews a simple focus on rights and examines constitutional language, interpretation, structures and distribution of power, rules of citizenship, processes of representation, and the constitutional recognition of international and customary law. It discusses equality rights and reproductive rights as distinct issues for constitutional design.

ISBN: 9780511619687 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

564349
Constitutional law.

LC Class. No.: K3243 / .I78 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 342.08/78

Gender and the constitution : = equity and agency in comparative constitutional design /
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