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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455730603321

Titolo

Sex, preference, and family [[electronic resource] ] : essays on law and nature / / edited by David M. Estlund and Martha C. Nussbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-280-47087-9

0-19-802592-0

0-19-535269-6

0-585-27833-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EstlundDavid M

NussbaumMartha Craven <1947->

Disciplina

346.01/5

342.615

Soggetti

Persons (Law)

Sex and law

Domestic relations

Natural law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part I: Shaping Sex, Preference, and Family; 1. The Social Construction and Reconstruction of Care; 2. Constructing Love, Desire, and Care; 3. Sexual Orientation and Gender: Dichotomizing Differences; Part II: Sex; 4. Democratic Sex: Reynolds v. U.S., Sexual Relations, and Community; 5. Sexuality and Liberty: Making Room for Nature and Tradition?; 6. Pornography Left and Right; 7. The Visit and The Video: Publication and the Line Between Sex and Speech; Shaping and Sex: Commentary on Parts I and II; Part III: Preference; 8. The Economic Approach to Homosexuality

9. The Sexual Economist and Legal Regulation of the Sexual Orientations10. Homosexuality and the Constitution; 11. Natural Law, Morality, and Sexual Complementarity; Part lV: Family; 12. All in the Family and In All Families: Membership, Loving, and Owing; 13. Beyond Lesbian and Gay ""Families We Choose""; 14. Causes of Declining Well-



Being Among U.S. Children; 15. The Consequences of Single Motherhood; Preference and Family: Commentary on Parts III and IV; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; U; W; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of essays examining the relationship between nature and law, the 'personal' and the 'political'. Some focus on the grey area of what is 'natural'; others on areas thought to be natural rather than socially shaped. A variety of disciplines, particularly philosophy, political science and law, contribute to the debate.