Decoding Gender: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico

by Ana Alonso and Helga Baitenmann

Gender discrimination pervades nearly all legal institutions and practices in Latin America. The deeper question is how this shapes broader relations of power. By examining the relationship between law and gender as it manifests itself in the Mexican legal system, the thirteen essays in this volume show how law is produced by, but also perpetuates, unequal power relations. At the same time, however, authors show how law is often malleable and can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813540518
• ISBN13: 9780813540511
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.9"