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The introduction of the principle of women's reproductive liberty in France, tentatively by the family planning movement after 1960 and explicitly by the women's liberation movement after 1970, marked a deep shift, transforming public discourses. Yet this principle remained fiercely contested, and moderate and conservative actors responded by foregrounding notions of 'reproductive responsibility', or the expectation that individuals perform the 'right' sexual and family-making behaviour, benefiting not only themselves and their families, but the nation at large. Such responsibilisation underpinned the legal reforms of the 1960s-70s, framing a notion of reproductive citizenship based on a tension between individual rights and social norms.

This book breaks new ground by taking an intersectional approach to the defining moments of this period: the legalisation of contraception (the laws of 1967 and 1974) and the liberalisation of abortion (1975, 1979). Drawing on a wide range of sources and actors - including feminist and family planning movements, government actors, demographers, medical-professional organisations, disability rights groups, and key actors in the overseas departments - Maud Bracke demonstrates how the discourse of responsibilisation allowed actors to distinguish between citizens 'worthy' of reproductive rights and those seen as less worthy. Bracke analyses the distinct regulations regarding contraception in the overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique, framed by racialised anti-natalism. The book also demonstrates that disability rights organisations contributed to the discrediting of the notion of 'eugenic abortion', used among experts and policy-makers until the early 1970s. Furthermore, Bracke goes on to highlight the silence in the feminist movement around both disability rights and race as part of its universalisation of women's conditions of oppression, and analyses the emergence of Black Feminism in late-1970s France. In so doing, the book offers a major contribution to the history of sex, gender, family life, healthcare, demography, and political debate in post-war France, and more generally.

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INTRODUCTION

1:Contexts and concepts

PART I. CONTRACEPTION

2:Reproductive politics in post-war France (ca. 1945 - 1960)
3:The sexual revolution and the legalisation of contraception (1960s)
4:Reproduction and contraception in the overseas departments (ca. 1945-1970)

PART II. ABORTION

5:Feminism and women's reproductive liberty (1970s)
6:The law of 1975
7:The law of 1979
8:The challenge of Black Feminism

CONCLUSION

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À l'heure où la place des animaux dans nos sociétés est plus que jamais débattue, l'encadrement juridique international reste souvent méconnu. Ce livre propose une analyse claire et structurée du droit international qui s'applique aux animaux.

De la présentation des principaux instruments juridiques (droit contraignant et droit souple) à l'exploration de pistes prospectives pour l'évolution de la réglementation internationale, cet ouvrage offre une vue d'ensemble critique. Il met en lumière les limites et les faiblesses d'un droit actuel, tout en esquissant des solutions concrètes pour un renforcement de la protection animale à l'échelle mondiale.

Essentiel pour les juristes, les étudiants et toute personne intéressée par la question, ce livre est conçu comme un guide pratique pour comprendre les fondations et les enjeux du droit international des animaux.

Independently published

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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and Hardbacklucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

The Advanced Introduction to Legal Positivism provides an accessible overview of legal positivism, structured in accordance with the main theses of theoretical and methodological positivism: the normativity, the social, the separation and the descriptive thesis.

Kaarlo Tuori compares the two main variants of 20th century positivism presented by Hans Kelsen and H. L. A. Hart, delineating these from philosophical and sociological positivism. Tuori examines the criticism of natural law and legal realism by both Kelsen and Hart, offering new insights into the connections between law and morals and into law’s social dimension. He outlines problematic reductions caused by legal positivism, including the neglect of social and legal-cultural dimensions, as well as the interlegality of contemporary law.

This informative Advanced Introduction is an essential guide for students and academics in law and philosophy. Its critical and methodological insights are also beneficial for legal theorists and philosophers of law.

Kaarlo Tuori, Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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Preface
1 Mapping the field
2 The normativity thesis: under the Grundnorm
3 The normativity thesis: law as a union of primary and secondary rules
4 The social thesis
5 The separation thesis
6 Methodological positivism
7 Beyond legal positivism

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Plus qu'un simple livre, Arcadia est le fruit d'une expérimentation professionnelle approfondie et des retours d'expériences concrets de formateurs et d'étudiants, garantissant la pertinence et l'efficacité de sa méthodologie. Cet ouvrage invite à transformer l'approche de l'enseignement en dotant les acteurs de la pédagogie d'une boîte à outils enrichie et éprouvée.

À destination de tout enseignant, formateur ou chercheur, Arcadia se présente comme un guide structurant pour :

- Adapter et repenser les méthodes pédagogiques
- Créer et animer des cours dynamiques et engageants
- Décupler l'innovation et l'attention des étudiants

Des stratégies didactiques novatrices sont découvertes et des activités pédagogiques innovantes explorées, qu'il s'agisse de l'hybridation des cours ou des apports de la ludopédagogie.

Conçu comme une source d’inspiration évolutive, Arcadia contribue à réinventer la pédagogie pour captiver les apprenants du XXIe siècle.