Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century
Title:
Sex and the constitution : sex, religion, and law from America's origins to the twenty-first century
Author:
Stone, Geoffrey R., author.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]
Physical Description:
xxxii, 668 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
A constitutional scholar traces the evolution of legal and moral codes that have attempted to legislate sexual behavior from the ancient world to today, citing the agitators, moralists, lawmakers, and Supreme Court justices who have shaped some of the most divisive sexual debates. There has never been a book like Sex and the Constitution, a one-volume history that chapter after chapter overturns popular shibboleths, while dramatically narrating the epic story of how sex came to be legislated in America--Publisher's website.
Language:
English
Contents:
Ancestors. The ancient world : the triumph of Augustine -- The power of revealed truth -- England, the Enlightenment, and "the age of Eros" -- Founders. From Puritanism to the pursuit of happiness -- The world of the framers : a Christian nation? -- "The fundamental maxims of free government" -- Moralists. The second great awakening -- "Tending to corrupt the public morals" : the meaning of obscenity -- Contraception and abortion : from the founding to the 1950s -- "Strange freaks of nature" -- Coming out -- Judges : Sexual Expression and the Constitution. Obscenity and the First Amendment : "a corrupting and debasing" influence -- The end of obscenity? -- Sex and speech in the Twenty-First century -- Judges : Reproductive Freedom and the Constitution. The constitution and contraception -- The road to Roe -- Roe and beyond -- Judges : Sexual Orientation and the Constitution. "The gay moment" -- A right to "retain their dignity" -- Same-sex marriage and the constitution.
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ISBN:
9780871404695
Format :
Book
