Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The article examines 19th and early 20th-century proposals in France and Germany to introduce a "doubtful sex" category in civil law to address hermaphroditism. While French scholars focused on moral and social order, Germans emphasized humanitarian concerns, ultimately leading to increased medical control over sex determination.
Disciplines
Civil Law | Civil Rights and Discrimination | Intellectual Property Law | Law | Legal History
Recommended Citation
Geertje Mak,
Doubtful Sex in Civil Law: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Proposals for Ruling Hermaphroditism,
12
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
197
(2005).
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