Gender and Sexuality in Latin America - Cases and Decisions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Motta, Cristina (Editor), Saez, Macarena (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ; 24
• Subjects: Law.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Constitutional law.; Public international law.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Family.; Constitutional Law.; Fundamentals of Law.; European Law.; Public International Law.

Translated and updated from the seminal Spanish text on legal decisions affecting gender and sexuality in Latin America, this English edition is the only law text to focus specifically on the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transgender population in addition to women’s rights more broadl...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Rebecca Cook.- Acknowledgments.- Biographies.- Table of Contents.- Introduction
• 1. Citizenship; Cristina Motta
• 2. Family; Isabel Cristina Jaramillo
• 3. Health; Lidia Casas
• 4. Property; Helena Alviar
• 5. Violence; Julieta Lemaitre
• 6. Diverse sexualities; Juan Marco Vaggione
• 7. Violence based on Prejudice; Maria Mercedes Gómez.