03313nam 2200721Ia 450 991095653300332120200520144314.097866110939909781281093998128109399897815921340211592134025(CKB)1000000000339855(EBL)298861(OCoLC)476074918(SSID)ssj0000131568(PQKBManifestationID)11159928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131568(PQKBWorkID)10026081(PQKB)10425024(MiAaPQ)EBC298861(Perlego)2039808(EXLCZ)99100000000033985520050222d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCourts, liberalism, and rights gay law and politics in the United States and Canada /Jason Pierceson1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20051 online resource (265 p.)Queer politics, queer theoriesDescription based upon print version of record.9781592134007 1592134009 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-246) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 U.S. Federal Courts and Gay Rights: A History of Hesitancy; 3 Liberalism and Gay Politics: Rights and Their Critics; 4 Toward a Better Liberalism; 5 Sodomy Laws, Courts, and Liberalism; 6 Lessons from Continued Sodomy Adjudication; 7 Courts and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States:Hawaii and Alaska; 8 Courts and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: Vermont; 9 Developments after Vermont: An Evolving Jurisprudence and Its Backlash; 10 Canada: Rethinking Courts, Rights, and Liberalism; 11 Courts, Social Change, and the Power of Legal Liberalism12 ConclusionNotes; IndexIn the courts, the best chance for achieving a broad set of rights for gays and lesbians lies with judges who view liberalism as grounded in an expansion of rights rather than a constraint of government activity. At a time when most gay and lesbian politics focuses only on the issue of gay marriage, Courts, Liberalism, and Rights guides readers through a nuanced discussion of liberalism, court rulings on sodomy laws and same-sex marriage, and the comparative progress gays and lesbians have made via the courts in Canada. As debates continue about the ability of courtQueer politics, queer theories.HomosexualityLaw and legislationUnited StatesGay rightsUnited StatesHomosexualityLaw and legislationCanadaGay rightsCanadaCourtsLiberalismHomosexualityLaw and legislationGay rightsHomosexualityLaw and legislationGay rightsCourts.Liberalism.342.7108/7Pierceson Jason1972-1158913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956533003321Courts, liberalism, and rights4353731UNINA