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• Title:Abortion and the law : from international comparison to legal policy / by Albin Eser and Hans-Georg Koch ; translated by Emily Silverman.
  
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• Related Title:Schwangerschaftsabbruch im internationalen Vergleich.
  
• Author/Creator:Eser, Albin.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Koch, Hans-Georg.
  
• Published/Created:The Hague : TMC Asser Press ; West Nyack, NY : Cambridge University Press [distributor in North America], ©2005.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K5181 .E84 2005 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Abortion--Law and legislation.
  
• Description:xxii, 325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Abridged translation of German title : Schwangerschaftsabbruch im internationalen Vergleich / Albin Eser, Hans-Georg Koch (Hrsg.) 1988-1999.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9067041971
  9789067041973
  
• Contents:Pt. I. Framework
  1. Introduction
  2. Systems and standard of social services
  3. position of women in society
  4. Assessment and significance of family planning and termination of pregnancy
  5. Remarks on historical developments
  Pt. II. Current laws regulating the termination of pregnancy
  1. Legal sources and regulatory methodology behind the law on the termination of pregnancy
  2. Basic concepts in legal regulation
  3. Permissible termination of pregnancy
  4. Impermissible termination of pregnancy
  5. Special role of the physician
  6. Preventive measures
  7. Role of termination of pregnancy in the prosecutorial arena
  Pt. III. Statistical information
  1. Termination statistics
  2. Crime statistics
  3. Judicial statistics and trends in prosecution
  Pt. IV. Concluding reflections from a legal policy perspective
  1. Review : findings - insights - trends
  2. Outlook : starting points - guidelines
  3. proposed regulation.