Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America by Francisca Pou Giménez, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Verónica Undurraga Valdés ISBN 9781032382012, 9781032382029, 1032382015, 1032382023 instant download

Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America by Francisca Pou Giménez, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Verónica Undurraga Valdés ISBN 9781032382012, 9781032382029, 1032382015, 1032382023 instant download

"This book discusses to what extent and in what ways constitutional design and practice in Latin America has helped in combatting the subordination of women and LGBTQI+ people. Covering eleven jurisdictions, the chapters identify the main elements of the constitutional gender order and survey jurisprudential and legislative developments in different areas, incorporating contextual analysis and references to history, political dynamics, social movements, feminist struggles, normative efficacy and policy. In the context of a constitutionalism that has been celebrated as particularly innovative and socially engaged, the book assesses constitutional performance in the quest to supersede the separate gendered spheres tradition and the subordination of women and sexual minorities to heteronormative hegemony. It fills an important gap in the field of gender and constitutionalism, which has paid very little attention to Latin America, compared to that paid to the Anglo-American legal world and continental Europe. It identifies regional trends, but also variables which account for the diversity of approaches in various jurisdictions. The book proves much-needed insight into matters that are relevant for legal and socio-legal scholars, an ever-growing number of social actors and movements, and all those interested in comparative constitutionalism, and in the intersections between law and gender"--