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Population law and policy : source materials and issues

Title
Population law and policy : source materials and issues / Stephen L. Isaacs.
Author
Isaacs, Stephen L.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Human Sciences Press, ©1981.

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431 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Population > Law and legislation
  • Birth control > Law and legislation
  • Population > Law and legislation > United States
  • Birth control > Law and legislation > United States
  • Population policy
  • Population
  • Contraception
  • Population
  • Jurisprudence
  • Contraception
  • Government Regulation
  • Internationality
  • Public Policy
  • population
  • Birth control > Law and legislation
  • Population > Law and legislation
  • Population policy
  • Bevölkerungswachstum
  • Kontrolle
  • Recht
  • Geburtenregelung
  • United States > Population policy
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- I. Introduction to population law and policy -- II. Introduction to legal concepts -- 2. The police power and the right of privacy -- I. Analytical framework: a note on judicial balancing of interests -- II. The police power -- III. Due process and equal protection of the laws -- IV. The right of privacy -- 3. Abortion -- I. The United States -- II. International perspective -- 4. Sterilization -- I. Introduction -- II. Voluntary sterilization in the united states -- III. International perspective -- 5. Contraception -- I. Introduction -- II. Contraception in the united states -- III. International perspective -- 6. Minors -- I. The extent and consequences of teenage pregnancy -- II. Rights of minors to abortion, contraceptives, and sterilization services -- 7. Incentives and disincentives: socio-economic laws and policies -- I. Introductory note -- II. Disincentives to reduce population growth -- III. Incentives to reduce population growth -- IV. Incentives to increase population growth -- V. Other socioeconomic policies and laws influencing fertility -- 8. Population policy from international perspective -- I. Introduction -- II. The definition of population policy -- III. Fertility control as a human right -- IV. Major issues in population policy: the 1974 world population conference -- 9. National population laws and policies -- I. Introduction -- II. National laws and policies: three case studies -- III. Commentary and issues.
ISBN
  • 0898850002
  • 9780898850000
LCCN
80024549
OCLC
  • ocm06862128
  • 6862128
  • SCSB-47442
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library