Menant la marche : l’Uruguay et ses trois lois avant-gardistes
Uruguay has surprised the world with the approval of three laws passed in just one year: marriage between persons of the same sex, decriminalization of abortion and regulation of cannabis. In this article, we will examine the contents of these three standards: what do these laws offer? What was the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Université Paris 3
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Cahiers des Amériques Latines |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cal/3386 |
| Summary: | Uruguay has surprised the world with the approval of three laws passed in just one year: marriage between persons of the same sex, decriminalization of abortion and regulation of cannabis. In this article, we will examine the contents of these three standards: what do these laws offer? What was the process of discussion and approval of these laws? What did they take into account and what did they reject? Furthermore, we will review some elements that caused the vote of these laws in the country: what was the influence of the leftist government in the process? What relationship has linked the three social demands? What characteristics of Uruguayan society have allowed this process? What was the role of social movements? Finally, we discuss the potential benefits and problems associated with the implementation of each law: will cannabis consumption increase and will the government be able to organize the whole chain of production? Will the number of abortions grow and the health institutions be able to provide support for abortion demand? Will the egalitarian marriage help to fight the negative stereotypes of which the homosexuals are the victims? And will the number of people, who today, dare show their homosexuality publicly, increase? Will the Uruguayans who today oppose these measures eventually accept them over time? |
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| ISSN: | 1141-7161 2268-4247 |