Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century

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Geoffrey R. Stone

Sex and the Constitution

Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century

Geoffrey R. Stone

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Liveright Publishing Corporation
03 July 2018

Law; Constitutional & administrative law

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Lauded for bringing a bracing and much-needed dose of reality about the Founders' views of sexuality (New York Review of Books), Geoffrey R. Stone's Sex and the Constitution traces the evolution of legal and moral codes that have legislated sexual behavior from America's earliest days to today's fractious political climate.

This fascinating and maddening (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) narrative shows how agitators, moralists, and, especially, the justices of the Supreme Court have navigated issues as divisive as abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and contraception. Overturning a raft of contemporary shibboleths, Stone reveals that at the time the Constitution was adopted there were no laws against obscenity or abortion before the midpoint of pregnancy.

A pageant of historical characters, including Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson, Anthony Comstock, Margaret Sanger, and Justice Anthony Kennedy, enliven this commanding synthesis of scholarship (Publishers Weekly) that dramatically reveals how our laws about sex, religion, and morality reflect the cultural schisms that have cleaved our nation from its founding.

By: Geoffrey R. Stone
Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 655g
ISBN: 9781631494284
ISBN 10: 1631494287
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 03 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active