The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America

Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico

Jordi Díez (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2025
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-8973-9 (ISBN)

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Latin America has traditionally imposed the strictest limits on legal abortion in the democratic world, but over the last twenty years, constitutional courts across the region have issued important rulings on its regulation. In The Judicial Politics of Abortion in Latin America, Jordi Díez analyzes four landmark cases in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Based on research in all four countries, including interviews with high court justices and law clerks, Díez argues that the decisions' variance is explained by two main factors: justices' and law clerks' ability to assemble legal majorities in favour of reducing abortion restrictions, and each country’s unique political landscape. As debates about a woman’s right to choose unfold around the world, Díez offers important and timely lessons from Latin America.

Jordi Díez is professor of political science at the University of Guelph.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	1 illustrations - 1 figs., 2 tables - 2 Tables, unspecified - 1 Figures
Verlagsort	Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Maße	25 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4696-8973-1 / 1469689731
ISBN-13	978-1-4696-8973-9 / 9781469689739
Zustand	Neuware