Body law and the body of law : a comparative study of social norm inclusion in Norwegian and American laws /

The book examines how laws on sterilization, birth control and abortion were created, by focusing on the act of legislation; how the law was driven by scientific and social norms during the first and closing decades of the 20th century in the USA (especially in the state of Indiana) and Norway. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hassenstab, Christine, 1948- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Warsaw [Poland] ; Berlin [Germany] : De Gruyter Open, 2014.
Subjects:	Law. Law > Norway. Law > United States. Droit > États-Unis. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control. Law Norway United States abortion politics, birth control, eugenics, Indiana, Norway, sociology of law, social norms, sterilization Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Theories explained and methodology used
Case one : a comparison between Indiana (1907) and Norway (1934)
Case one : legal norm injection points in Indiana and Norway : the selection of particular bodies
Case two : reversals of negative body-law in the United States
Case two : reversals of body-law in Norway : birth control and abortion
Comparisons and conclusions.