The gay rights question in contemporary American law [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Koppelman

• Autore: Koppelman Andrew
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.73087
• Soggetto topico: Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Sexual minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: civil rights, justice, injustice, oppression, modern, 21st century, law school, lawyer, legal, litigation, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbtq, equality, analysis, critique, critical, academic, scholarly, research, constitution, constitutional, morals, ethics, practical, defense, protection, intent, queer, privacy, discrimination, public policy, marriage
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Equal Protection and Invidious Intent -- Chapter Two. The Right to Privacy? -- Chapter Three. The Sex Discrimination Argument, and Objections -- Chapter Four. Why Discriminate? -- Chapter Five. Choice of Law and Public Policy -- Chapter Six. Dumb and Doma. Why the Defense of Marriage Act is Unconstitutional -- Epilogue. The Limitations of the Courts -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The gay rights question is whether the second-class legal status of gay people should be changed. In this book Andrew Koppelman shows the powerful legal and moral case for gay equality, but argues that courts cannot and should not impose it. The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law offers an unusually nuanced analysis of the most pressing gay rights issues. Does antigay discrimination violate the Constitution? Is there any sound moral objection to homosexual conduct? Are such objections the moral and constitutional equivalent of racism? Must state laws recognizing same-sex unions be given effect in other states? Should courts take account of popular resistance to gay equality? Koppelman sheds new light on all these questions. Sure to upset purists on either side of the debate, Koppelman's book criticizes the legal arguments advanced both for and against gay rights. Just as important, it places these arguments in broader moral and social contexts, offering original, pragmatic, and workable legal solutions.
• Titolo autorizzato: The gay rights question in contemporary American law
• ISBN: 1-282-53747-4; 0-226-45103-8; 9786612537479
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780994703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II