Criminalization of Abortion in the West - Its Origins in Medieval Law

Wolfgang P. Muller tells the story of how abortion came to be criminalized in the West. As he shows, criminalization as a distinct phenomenon and abortion as a self-standing criminal category developed in tandem with each other.

Summary

Wolfgang P. Müller tells the story of how abortion came to be criminalized in the West. As he shows, criminalization as a distinct phenomenon and abortion as a self-standing criminal category developed in tandem with each other.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang P. Muller, Wolfgang P. Müller
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781501746581
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4658-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Rechtsgeschichte, Christi Geburt bis 1500 nach Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte