Gender Diversity in Public Law: Between Recognition and Control

What is the significance of sex characteristics and gender identity in public law?Why are these personal attributes important for the legal relationship between the person and public authorities?What happens when people do not conform to the assumptions about sexual anatomy and gender identity that are presupposed in the law?Gender Diversity in Public Law explores these questions through an extensive analysis of jurisdictions across Europe, Latin America, and Asia.By integrating comparative law with gender and constitutional studies, the volume examines how gender diversity is both recognized and regulated in different legal systems.This book shows that sex characteristics and gender identity are central to public law.It demonstrates that legal systems are not based solely on the existence of men and women.Instead, they rely on the presence of men, women, and nonbinary individuals, each characterized by specific physical and identity traits.When people exhibit sex characteristics and/o