The boundaries of abortion law: Systems theory from Parsons to Luhmann and Habermas

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-818

  Deflem, Mathieu ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; DOE V. BOLTON; FREEDOM; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUCED ABORTION; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL APPROACH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PRIVACY; RELIGION; ROE V. WADE; SECULARISM; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DOE V. BOLTON; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; ROE V. WADE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PRIVACY; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY; STATE GOVERNMENT; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0032008790     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/76.3.775     Document Type: Article

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