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Out of the closets and into the courts : legal opportunity structure and gay rights litigation / Ellen Ann Andersen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andersen, Ellen Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Gay people.
- Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Over the past 30 years, the gay rights movement has moved from the margins to the center of American politics, sparking debate from bedroom to boardroom to battlefield. Out of the Closets and into the Courts analyzes recent gay rights cases and explores the complex relationship between litigation and social change.
- Contents:
- The puzzle of gay rights litigation
- LOS and the emergence of gay rights litigation
- An overview of Lambda and its litigation
- Sodomy reform from Stonewall to Bowers
- Sodomy reform from Bowers to Lawrence
- The law and politics of antigay initiatives
- The case of same-sex marriage
- LOS and legal change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 0472113976
- 9780472021574
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.17550
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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