Unwilling mothers, unwanted babies : infanticide in Canada /

"This book traces twentieth-century Canadian criminal justice responses to women who kill their newly born babies. Initially, juries were reluctant to convict these women of murder since it carried the death penalty. The current "infanticide" law was adopted in 1948 to impose uniformi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kramar, Kirsten Johnson, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2005.
Colección:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Temas:
Infanticide > Canada.
Infanticide > Canada > History.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Infanticide > Canada > Histoire.
Sociologie juridique.
Infanticide
Sociological jurisprudence
Canada
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Regulating infanticide through concealment of birth
  • 2. Unwanted babies : humanitarianism and the infant
  • 3. Insanities of reproduction : medico-legal knowledge informing infanticide law
  • 4. Unwilling mothers : the disappearance of the "unwanted" baby
  • 5. Vengeance for the innocents : the new medico-legal designation of "infanticide" as "child abuse homicide"
  • 6. Retributive justice : the disappearance of infanticide
  • App. Current legal framework governing maternal neonaticide.

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