The criminalization of abortion in the West : its origins in medieval law / Wolfgang P. Müller.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2012], ©2012.

xi, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.

The earliest proponents of criminalization -- Early venues of criminalization -- Chief agents of criminalization -- Principal arguments in favor of criminalization -- Objections to criminalization -- Abortion experts and expertise -- Abortion in the criminal courts of the ius commune -- Forms of punishments in the criminal courts of the ius commune -- The frequency of criminal prosecutions.