Liberal constitutionalism, marriage, and sexual orientation : a contemporary case for dis-establishment / / Gordon Albert Babst

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910345134203321
• Autore: Babst Gordon Albert <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : P. Lang, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 155 p. )
• Collana: Teaching texts in law and politics ; ; v. 15
• Disciplina: 346.7301/6
• Soggetti: Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - United States; Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Marriage law - United States; Religion and law - United States; Constitutional law - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Six Features of Contemporary Public Law ; 6 -- ; Part I Marriage in the Law ; 11 -- ; Chapter 1. Marriage as Contract and Status ; 15 -- ; Chapter 2. The Defense of Marriage Act and Recent Events in State Law ; 22 -- ; Part II The Law and Morality Distinction, Violated ; 35 -- ; Chapter 3. Morals Discourse and Law ; 41 -- ; Chapter 4. Professor Richards Finds a Violation ; 51 -- ; Part III How to Identify Sub Rosa Establishment and the Argument by Definition ; 61 -- ; Chapter 5. The Shadow Establishment Has Its Day in Court ; 67 -- ; Chapter 6. A Note Regarding the Appeal to the Dictionary ; 80 -- ; Part IV The Shadow Establishment, "Gay Marriage" in the Courts, and the Analogies to Race and Polygamy ; 85 -- ; Chapter 7. Interracial and Plural Marriage Analogies and Cases ; 91 -- The Miscegenation Analogy ; 91 -- The Polygamy Analogy ; 95 -- ; Chapter 8. "Gay Marriage" in the Courts ; 100.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation: A Contemporary Case for Dis-Establishment uses constitutional theory and political philosophy to shed light on an elusive feature of American jurisprudence: the establishment of a sectarian preference in the law to the detriment of American citizens who happen to be gay or lesbian ; and who wish to exercise their fundamental right to marry. Reviewing aspects of liberal-democratic theory, marriage law, and pertinent analogies that deal with the right to marry, Gordon Albert Babst presents the notion of the "shadow establishment," which makes the best sense of a constitutional affirmation of bias against same-sex marriage and gay persons in the law."--BOOK JACKET.