This Cases and Materials on Sexual Orientation and the Law law school casebook includes the following relevant legal decisions: Georgia sodomy case (Bowers v. Hardwick), the Hawaii marriage decision (Baehr v. Lewin), the St. Patrick's Day Parade case (Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston), and the Colorado ballot initiative case. The book also contains writings from celebrated authors such as Audre Lorde, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Armistead Maupin, James Baldwin, and Judy Grahn, and theoretical works by Judith Butler, Eve Sedwick, and Michel Foucault, among many others.
Features include:
 Explains sodomy laws regarding legislative debate and model penal code;
Covers sexual orientation discrimination and the Equal Protection Clause;
Looks at nonmarital forms of recognition;
Explores parenting disputes between gay or bisexual persons and heterosexuals;
Examines the formation of families by lesbian, gay, or bisexual parents. |
