Flagrant conduct : the story of Lawrence v. Texas : how a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans / Dale Carpenter

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton , c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 345 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393062083
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73 CAR
LOC classification:
  • KF224.L39 C37 2012
Contents:
A crime of deep malignity -- The city and the cause -- The defendants and the troublemaker -- The department and the deputies -- The intrusion -- Uncivil disobedience -- A probable explanation for an improbable case -- The homosexual status law -- From the jail to the bar -- From the gay bar to the bar -- Into the Texas courts -- The constitutional case takes shape -- The politics of law -- The constitutional mainstream -- Mismatch at the Supreme Court -- Respect for their private lives.
Summary: Provides a detailed legal history and examines the motives of all players involved with the landmark Supreme Court gay rights case that protected consenting adults' rights, regardless of sexual preference, in the bedroom.
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. 342.73 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Expurgado/No disponible 019259

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and index.

A crime of deep malignity -- The city and the cause -- The defendants and the troublemaker -- The department and the deputies -- The intrusion -- Uncivil disobedience -- A probable explanation for an improbable case -- The homosexual status law -- From the jail to the bar -- From the gay bar to the bar -- Into the Texas courts -- The constitutional case takes shape -- The politics of law -- The constitutional mainstream -- Mismatch at the Supreme Court -- Respect for their private lives.

Provides a detailed legal history and examines the motives of all players involved with the landmark Supreme Court gay rights case that protected consenting adults' rights, regardless of sexual preference, in the bedroom.

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