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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780541603321

Autore

Andersen Ellen Ann

Titolo

Out of the closets and into the courts : legal opportunity structure and gay rights litigation / / Ellen Ann Andersen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-282-42311-8

9786612423116

0-472-02157-5

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/7

Soggetti

Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

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

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.