166 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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A fascinating exploration of how the law--as viewed and decided by the courts--often embodies fear and prejudice against homosexuality, and thereby, becomes the instrument for discrimination. This valuable book covers a wide range of subjects, illustrating the extent to which the lives of gay persons are touched by these laws and providing a highly critical examination of the response by the... Read more
Contents
Foreword
- Introduction
- The Legal Arena: Progress for Gay Civil Rights
- Perceptions of Homosexuality by Justices of the Peace in Colonial Virginia
- Homosexual Acts and the Constitutional Right to Privacy
- Employment Discrimination Law and the Rights of Gay Persons
- The Immigration and Nationality Act and the Rights of Homosexual Aliens
- Social Attitudes, Legal Standards, and Personal Trauma in Child Custody Cases
- Public Manifestations of Personal Morality: Limitations on the Use of Solicitation Statutes to Control Homosexual Cruising
- The Homosexual Person in the Military and in National Security Employment
- The Emergence of Associational Rights for Homosexual Persons
Biography
J.D., Donald Knutson
