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Author : Leslie Moran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134896462
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Leslie Moran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134896455
First published in 1996. The Homosexual(ity) of Law is an innovative and important investigation of the legal representation of identity and sexuality. This wide-ranging and theoretical study demands that we think again about the legal regulation of sexual relations. It examines how both sense and nonsense of same-sex relations are made in law by way of ‘homosexual’. It explores how the introduction of an idea of homosexuality both promotes the continued abhorrence and increased punishment of same-sex relations and makes possible reforms in the law that promote respect for these relations. This study investigates the struggles that surround the review of the law on ‘homosexuality’ undertaken by the Wolfenden Committee in the 1950s and explores the peculiarities of the enactment of the term ‘homosexual’ into the law of England in 1967. It challenges the current understanding that ‘homosexual’ is either a term used to name a specific category of act or a term that is merely used to name an identity. The Homosexual(ity) of Law shows how ‘homosexual’ is a term that signifies both of these things, but it is also capable of expressing many other meanings. It explores the values that are given a voice through this new term in law. It also demonstrates that ‘homosexual’ in law is a reference to a complex technology of interrogation, surveillance and documentation that isolates gestures, speech and deportment and gives them meaning as ‘homosexual’ in law. Through an analysis of various police practices, the day-to-day decisions of the judiciary in high profile test cases and recent Parliamentary debates relating to the age of consent law reform, The Homosexual(ity) of Law explores the way this ‘homosexual(ity)’ is put to use in current legal practice.
Author : Paul Johnson,Robert Vanderbeck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135055172
Law, Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law – in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations, as well as by expressions of faith by individual legislators – the authors argue that religion continues to be central to both enabling and restricting the development of sexual orientation equality. Whilst some claim that faith has been marginalized in the legislative processes of contemporary western societies, Johnson and Vanderbeck show the significant impact of religion in a number of substantive legal areas relating to sexual orientation including: same-sex sexual relations, family life, civil partnership and same-sex marriage, equality in employment and the provision of goods and services, hate speech regulation, and education. Law, Religion and Homosexuality demonstrates the dynamic interplay between law and religion in respect of homosexuality and will be of considerable interest to a wide audience of academics, policy makers and stakeholders.
Author : Donald Knutson, J.D.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317940586
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 American judicial system to our claims for equal protection under the law. Leading law professors and practicing lawyers address the important legal issues and court decisions relevant to male and female homosexuality--criminal punishment for gay sex acts, employment discrimination, child custody, gay organizational rights, and more.
Author : Derek McGhee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134535392
This book explores contemporary social theory and developments in the study of sexuality through the analysis of law and its practices. Each chapter explores the power of discourse in law in relation to homosexualities, while simultaneously examining how homosexuals resist and disrupt these legal discourses. It is a valuable addition to the literature of the fields of Sociology, Cultural Studies, Law, Politics, Gender Studies and Sexuality.
Author : Homosexual Law Reform Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Homosexuality
ISBN : OCLC:1436090518
Author : Harvard Law Review,Harvard Law Review Association
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674802934
This book gives an overview of how the laws of the time affect lesbians and gay men in how they go about their lives.
Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136218965
Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights is the first book-length study of the Court’s jurisprudence in respect of sexual orientation. It offers a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention on Human Rights. Providing a systematic analysis of Strasbourg case law since 1955 and examining decades of decisions that have hitherto remained obscure, the book considers the evolution of the Court’s interpretation of the Convention and how this has fashioned lesbian and gay rights in Europe. Going beyond doctrinal analysis by employing a nuanced sociological consideration of Strasbourg jurisprudence, Paul Johnson shows how the Court is a site at which homosexuality is both socially constructed and regulated. He argues that although the Convention is conceived as a ‘living instrument’ to be interpreted ‘in the light of present-day conditions’ the Court’s judgments have frequently forged and advanced new social conditions in respect of homosexuality. Johnson argues that the Court’s jurisprudence has an extra-legal importance because it provides an authoritative and powerful discursive resource that can be mobilized by lesbians and gay men to challenge homophobic and heteronormative social relations in contemporary societies. As such, the book considers how the Court’s interpretation of the Convention might be evolved in the future to better protect lesbian and gay rights and lives.
Author : Phillip Tahmindjis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134732647
Finally—a comparative overview of sexuality and human rights issues and law! Human rights issues exist globally, particularly when they have to do with sexuality. Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global Overview focuses on the controversial issues of human sexuality and the legal challenges that LGBT individuals face. Internationally recognized legal experts thoroughly discuss the status of important human rights laws pertaining to sexuality from around the world. Reviewing the progression from historical foundations and shifting public opinions through the most recent landmark legal cases, this is an essential resource on the present state of human rights laws and sexuality. This unique, up-to-date examination of the legal issues involving LGBT individuals’ rights around the world reviews the latest rulings, such as the adoption of minors by homosexual or bisexual parents, the legal acceptance of marriage between same-sex couples, whether the gender-reassigned can be legally considered their true gender identity, and much, much more. Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global Overview illustrates the journey our worldwide legal systems have traveled, and the path stretching before them, until the destination of equality and acceptance in sexuality may finally be reached. Well-referenced, comprehensive, and yet accessible to the general reader, this book provides a crucial, provocative look at just what basic sexual human rights means in today’s laws. Some of the topics of Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global Overview include: perspectives and objectives to challenge discrimination sexuality and international human rights law sexuality and human rights in Australian law transsexuals issues in European human rights law sexual orientation and gender identity legal issues in North America the present state of sexuality and human rights in European law the Asian legal perspective on sexuality and human rights laws pertaining to sexual identity issues Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global Overview is a vital reference source for law educators, law students, gay rights activists, and law reformers.
Author : Chuck Stewart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781576075906
This reference work provides important information about the role academic research has played in the ever-evolving laws covering homosexuality. A comprehensive overview of homosexuality and the law, this fascinating dictionary opens with a history of the Gay Rights Movement which started in Germany during the l860s with Karl Heinrich Ulrich, the "Grandfather of Gay Liberation," who wrote 12 books including, Researches on the Riddle of Love Between Men. Homosexuals were later herded into Nazi concentration camps, where 50,000 of them died. When the war ended, Allied commanders forced homosexuals to finish their prison sentences. This book has 112 entries on subjects such as absurd sex laws, the Crittendon Report, the Boy Scouts, the l996 Defense of Marriage Act, surgical alterations, discrimination, sodomy, loitering, wills, and more. A nearly 100 page appendix details state and local laws. The book includes a list of advocacy organizations and other references, a table of cases, and an extensive bibliography.
Author : Didi Herman
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 1439901449
An exploration of the contested field of gay and lesbian sexuality and the law.
Author : Paul Johnson,Robert Vanderbeck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135055189
Law, Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law – in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations, as well as by expressions of faith by individual legislators – the authors argue that religion continues to be central to both enabling and restricting the development of sexual orientation equality. Whilst some claim that faith has been marginalized in the legislative processes of contemporary western societies, Johnson and Vanderbeck show the significant impact of religion in a number of substantive legal areas relating to sexual orientation including: same-sex sexual relations, family life, civil partnership and same-sex marriage, equality in employment and the provision of goods and services, hate speech regulation, and education. Law, Religion and Homosexuality demonstrates the dynamic interplay between law and religion in respect of homosexuality and will be of considerable interest to a wide audience of academics, policy makers and stakeholders.
Author : Netta Murray Goldsmith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138366250
First published in 1998, this volume discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimes'. It reveals the ambivalence of eighteenth-century society about homosexuality, against a background of official condemnation. Homosexuality became a significant social land legal issue in the eighteenth century, especially in London, with its fast-growing population. No one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complex. Moving from the Old Bailey to the court of King's Bench, this volume studies original trial documents and other manuscript sources. The author provides a clear and detailed account of the legal procedures involved when a man was accused of a homosexual offence, from the time of his arrest to his conviction or acquittal. The book goes on to examine the range of motives for bringing such prosecutions, as well as the factors that influenced judicial verdicts, the penalties that conviction incurred, and the effect that such allegations had on an individual's reputation and social status. It also discusses the attempts to produce legislation to deal effectively with blackmail, and the difficulty of successfully bringing a prosecution against extortioners. The author shows how a reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male heterosexuals in fear and suggests that it led to a distorted concept of masculinity, the impact of which was felt by subsequent generations. This book will appeal to students of legal and social history, as well as to general readers interested in eighteenth-century attitudes to homosexuality and their legacy for both the homosexual and heterosexual communities of the next two centuries.
Author : Richard D. Mohr
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN : 0231067356
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Author : Donald J. West,Richard Green
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306471421
Despite the gains made by gay rights movements throughout the world, there are still areas in which homosexuals and their relationships are targeted as immoral and criminal. Sociolegal Control of Homosexuality, a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of governmental and religious reaction to issues of sexual orientation in regions - such as Asia and the Middle East - not often covered in English language publications, includes: a sampling of international legislation, both proscriptive and liberal the effects of fundamentalist religious movements new scientific information concerning the origin of sexual orientation, and much more! £/LIST£