Gay Rights and the Constitution

Cases and Materials

Stephen Macedo author Linda C McClain author James E Fleming author Sotirios A Barber author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:LEG Inc. (dba West Academic Publishing

Published:30th Jul '16

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Gay Rights and the Constitution cover

Considerably shorter than other casebooks, this accessible and engaging title focuses on the controversies over constitutional interpretation leading up to the United States Supreme Court's holdings in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015): namely, that the Constitution's commitments to liberty and equal protection encompass rights of same-sex intimacy and marriage. It also takes up emerging conflicts between protection of constitutional rights for gay men and lesbians, on the one hand, and First Amendment claims of freedom of association and religious liberty by persons who oppose protection of such rights, on the other. This book will be suitable as either the basic text of a one-semester course or as a supplementary text for courses in civil liberties.

With five original scholarly essays written by esteemed constitutional scholars, this book looks beyond judicial doctrine and asks whether the current constitutional status of gay rights is consistent with principles that trace back to the American Founding and the Civil War Amendments and that continue to animate American politics.

ISBN: 9781634602686

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 760g

463 pages