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The Status of the Girl Child under International Law: A Semioethic Analysis

The Status of the Girl Child under International Law: A Semioethic Analysis

Name: The Status of the Girl Child under International Law: A Semioethic Analysis
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781316512784
Price: 1261.00 HKD
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Author: Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati
ISBN: 9781316512784

By Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati

Cambridge University Press March 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781316512784
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati offers the first comprehensive study of the status of the girl child under international law. This book significantly contributes to bridging two fields that are usually studied separately: law and semiotics. The author engages in the novel legal semiotics theory to decode the meaning of international treaties (mainly the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and International Covenants) and assess whether the provisions, as formulated, clearly identify the girl child and take into account the obstacles she faces as a result of sexism, childism, and intersectional discrimination.

This is also the first book to apply 'The Significs Meaning Triad' – Sense, Meaning, Significance – in international law, and Semioethics for both a diagnosis and prognosis of problematic signs in view of modifying the wording of relevant treaties.

Glossary

Introduction

1. Semiotics and semioethics

2. Definition of the Girl child

3. Sexism and childism

4. Intersectional identity of the Girl child

5. Identification of the Girl child in the convention on the rights of the child

6. The beginning of Girlhood under international law

7. The end of girlhood under international law

8. Girlhood and womanhood in the CEDAW

Conclusion

Bibliography