Legal queeries : lesbian, gay, and transgender legal studies / edited by Leslie J. Moran, Daniel Monk, and Sarah Beresford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moran, Leslie J., 1955-

Monk, Daniel (Professor of law)

Beresford, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Gay people.

Physical Description:

ix, 203 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Legal queries

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Cassell, 1998.

Summary:

Legal Queeries explores the rich diversity of issues that must be considered if the law is to be taken seriously as a social practice through which the lives of lesbians, gay men and transgendered persons are to be represented in society. It also departs from the traditional reformist agenda in its willingness to address matters -- such as sexuality and childhood -- that continue to be taboo.

The editors have brought together for the first time a diverse collection of legal scholars and practitioners whose work explores the richness and complexity of the interface between perversity and legal regulation. In looking to continental European jurisdictions and the experience of various legal systems in the southern hemisphere, the book opens the Anglo-American tradition of much lesbian, gay and transgender scholarship to new perspectives and new horizons that can only enrich our appreciation of domestic legal cultures.

Contents:

Introduction / Leslie J. Moran, Daniel Momk, Sarah Beresford

'Oscar Wilde': law, memory and the proper name / Leslie J. Moran

Institutionalizing heterosexuality: the legal exlcusion of 'impossible' (trans)sexualities / Andrew N. Sharpe

Gemeinschaftsfremden - or how to be shafted by your friends: sterilization requirements and legal status recognition for the transsexual / Stephen Whittle

The Lesbian mother: questions of gender and sexual identity / Sarah Beresford

The Possibility of a registered partnership under German law / Judity Rauhofer

Law, childhood innocence and sexuality / Craig Lind

Beyond section 28: law, governance and sex education / Daniel Monk

What's in a name: naming legal needs in AIDS service organizations / Petra Wilson

The Netherlands: front runners in anti-discrimination laws / Martin Moerings

Gay and lesbian sexualities in South Africa: from outlawed to constitutionality protected / Ronald Louw

Piecemeal to equality: Scottish gay law reform/ Brian Dempsey

Intimate queer celluloid: Heavenly Creatures and criminal law / Elena Loizidou

Queering theory: an essay on the conceit of revolution in law / Larry Cata Backer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

030433863X

0304338648

OCLC:

38144450