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Unwilling Mothers, Unwanted Babies : Infanticide in Canada.

Kramar, Kirsten.

Unwilling Mothers, Unwanted Babies : Infanticide in Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (240 pages) - Law and Society Series . - Law and Society Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Unwilling Mothers, Unwanted Babies -- Introduction -- 1 Regulating Infanticide through Concealment of Birth -- 2 Unwanted Babies: Humanitarianism and the Infant -- 3 The 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 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Current Legal Framework Governing Maternal Neonaticide -- Notes -- References -- Index.

9780774851503


Infanticide -- Canada.
Infanticide -- Canada -- History.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Infanticide -- Canada -- Histoire.
Sociologie juridique.


Electronic books.

KE8910 -- .K73 2005eb

345.71/02523

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