Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Gender & the Law    3. General    4. History    5. History: American    6. Other Miscellaneous Crimes    7. Rape    8. Sex crimes    9. Sex discrimination in criminal    10. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. United States    14. History of specific subjects    15. SEX CRIMES_UNITED STATES    16. Sexual abuse    17. Social Science / Criminology    18. USA   

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fundamental rights
This is a well-done book, but one that will be a bit hard for those not at least somewhat familiar with constitutional law to follow.Gerstmann argues that marriage is a "fundamental right" under the constitution, and as such it is illegitimate to refuse to extend this right to same-sex couples.In making this argument he draws interesting analogies to the court's free speach jurisprudence.He tries to show how the more common "gender discrimination" argument doesn't work.I think this part is not 100% convincing, but it is a sophisticated approach.His discussion of the various "slippery slope" objections to gay marriage are also quite good.To my mind the biggest draw-back of this book is that it often makes quite teloscopic reference to other books (including Gerstmann's earlier book) in the place of detailed arguments.This book is not very long as it is, and it probably would have been better servered to give these arguments in more detail rather than just refering to other work as often as it does.This is especially the case for readers who do not have at least some constitutional law background.

Why same-sex marriage is Constitutional
Want to read a really good book setting out the case for the Constitutionality of same-sex marriage? This is it.
A legal book for everyone
This fascinating book is cogent, well argued and a straight-forward read. It is clearly targeted at lawyers, but is very accessible by the lay audience.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Constitutional law    3. Gender & the Law    4. General    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Same-sex marriage    9. United States    10. North America    11. Political Science / General    12. Political ideologies    13. Private, property, family law    14. Public international law    15. Sociology, Social Studies    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Civil rights    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Gender & the Law    4. Government - U.S. Government    5. Identity (Psychology)    6. Liberty    7. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    8. Politics - Current Events    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Law / Gender & the Law    13. Social & political philosophy    14. Western philosophy, from c 1900 -   

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Read this for Intro to Womens Studies 270 Class
excellent text. literally fuelled the entire women's studies class. my favourite section was a poem called "hair" and the part on "makeup culture". anyone pursuing women's studies will find this to be an excellent intersectional analysis of women in this world and the world of women. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism & Feminist Theory    2. Gender & the Law    3. Sociology    4. Women's Studies - General    5. Social Science / Sociology / General   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Feminism    3. Feminist jurisprudence    4. Gender & the Law    5. Law    6. Law (Specific Aspects)    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal status, laws, etc    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Reference    11. United States    12. Women    13. Anthropology    14. Cultural studies    15. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Abortion    2. Constitutional    3. Gender & the Law    4. Great Britain    5. History    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal History    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Medical Law & Legislation    11. Social aspects    12. Sociology    13. United States   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Criminology    3. Female offenders    4. Gender & the Law    5. Law    6. Sex discrimination in criminal    7. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration    8. Sociology    9. Women prisoners   

Subjects:  1. Canada    2. Custody of children    3. Gender & the Law    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc    7. Legal status, laws, etc.    8. Sociology - Marriage & Family    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Child welfare    12. English law: private, property, family    13. Family law    14. Gender studies    15. Law / Gender & the Law    16. Law | Family Law   

Subjects:  1. Feminism    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Gender & the Law    4. Gender Studies    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Women's rights    8. Political science & theory    9. Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory    10. WOMEN IN POLITICS   

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A Bizarre Story of a Religious Cult
We are used to hearing about religious cults led by one charismatic individual.Our times have no monopoly on such cults, of course; our nation's tradition of freedom of worship encourages them, and we look toward economic or societal means to subdue the most flagrant ones, since the law cannot touch them if they are merely worshipping in some sort of erroneous way._Murdering Holiness: The Trials of Franz Creffield and George Mitchell_ (University of British Columbia Press) by Jim Phillips and Rosemary Gartner resurrects a forgotten case which is part of our nation's history of cults, religious freedom, vigilantism, and the insanity defense.Phillips and Gartner, professors in law and criminology at the University of Toronto, have produced a detailed and closely researched history of the incident, and an entertaining one as well.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1867?-1906    2. Creffield, Edmund Franz,    3. Cults    4. Gender & the Law    5. Gender Studies    6. History    7. History: American    8. Legal History    9. Oregon    10. Portland    11. Seattle    12. Trials (Adultery)    13. Trials (Murder)    14. Trials, litigation, etc    15. True Crime / Espionage    16. United States - 20th Century (1900-1945)    17. United States - State & Local - General    18. Washington (State)   

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Candid, accessible, and fascinating
This incisive work illuminates Virginia's colonial history in personal detail: legal procedures, community structures, and economic and political relationships.Researching primary sources, Professor Pagan brings the narrative to life with persuasive insights into decisions and events as the participants must have planned them: their ambitions, fears, successes, and failures.I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in social or legal history.

History and Passion
Prof. John Ruston Pagan has plucked a young 17th Century woman from deepest obscurity to become the subject of his book: Anne Orthwood's Bastard : Sex and Law in Early Virginia.This is a scholarly effort - it is heavily footnoted and supported by a large bibliography - and a first-rate work of investigation and authorship.Central to Anne Orthwood's detailed history was the availability of original records from the earliest days of English settlement in America.These records are preserved in an old courthouse on Virginia's Eastern Shore.Dating from 1632, they are said to be the oldest English-language court records in America.
It's a great read
This scholarly work of legal history comes in a surprising package -- a gripping tale of early Virginia families and early colonial life and the economy.What a great way to learn about the development of American laws and their foundations!!It is so well written that I didn't want it to end. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. Gender & the Law    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: American    6. Illegitimacy    7. Legal History    8. Sex and law    9. United States - Colonial Period    10. United States - Revolutionary War    11. Virginia    12. Women's Studies - General    13. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    14. History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)    15. History, American | Colonial & Revolutionary    16. Law   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Gender & the Law    3. Labor & Employment    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal History    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Sexual harassment    9. Trials, litigation, etc    10. United States    11. Vinson, Mechelle    12. Women's Studies - General    13. Employment & labour law    14. USA   

Editorial Review

For most of history, the law permitted men to "chastise" their wives. Common law explicitly recognized a man's right to beat his wife with a stick, as long as the stick was no thicker than his thumb (it is from this tradition that we derive the phrase "rule of thumb"). Men who beat their wives were, and are, infrequently punished, or if at all, only leniently. Women who are battered are often blamed for provoking the attack--even by the most trivial of acts or omissions--or for failing to leave, even though they may fear retribution, or other motivations may make flight less obvious a solution than it seems.Read more

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Gender & the Law    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Criminal law    8. Domestic violence    9. Family law    10. Law / Gender & the Law    11. USA    12. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Gender & the Law    5. Legal status, laws, etc.    6. Sex and law    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. U.S. - Political And Civil Rights Of Women    10. United States    11. Women    12. Women's Studies - General    13. Women's rights   

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FGM and American women
Nothing is quite so exciting as objectively watching human cultural prejudice. I believe the cutting of the genitals of both boys and girls is wrong, but look at the double standard women's groups have engendered. In the USA a family can be deported or denied admission if the circumcise a daughter. A medical doctor may be placed in prison if he performs a female circumcision, no matter how minor. Valuable resource
I used Female Genital Mutilation... as a source in the composition of my graduate project.I found it to be a valuable resource in the search for domestic and international female circumcision eradication policy.It provides insight into the approaches being utilized by governments to cease this controversial practice.

Valuable reference material
This book is edited by Nahia Toubia, who is a medical doctor born in Sudan who has written extensively on female circumcision or FGM.Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal provisions    2. Female circumcision    3. Gender & the Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    6. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Women's Studies - General    10. Women's rights    11. Customs    12. Human rights    13. Sexual abuse    14. Social Science / Women's Studies    15. Social law    16. Women's studies   

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This is the best police book I've read to date
I'm going to be a police recruit in the NYPD in the upcoming months, and wanted to know more about this line of work..Armed & Dangerous would be the book to read.This book is for anyone wanting to be a cop, marrying a cop or the friend of a cop...Gina pulls no punches.She is gritty, raw and honest in her writing, which a lot of other police novels lack.I'm currently reading another police novel now, and its so hard to get into it.Gina raises the bar on all other novels..if you never pick up another true crime novel, read this one!!

By Gina Gallo - with no one else.
Riveting, disquieting, amazingly well written. I had to check the cover a couple of times to make sure it wasn't written "with Joe Shcmow." Ms. Gallo names names and leaves out no details about how she managed to function, survive, succeed, and retain personal dignitywithin a most wretched hive of scum and villany.

A Disturbing Look at Society
This was an interesting book, however I would have liked to see a little more of the positive side of being a policewoman.There had to be something positive about the job, or she wouldn't have been a policewoman for so many years.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Gender & the Law    3. General    4. Law    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Regional Subjects - Midwest    7. True Crime   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Constitutional    3. Gays    4. Gender & the Law    5. General    6. Law    7. Legal status, laws, etc    8. Legal status, laws, etc.    9. Politics / Current Events    10. United States    11. Constitutional & administrative law    12. North America    13. Political Science / General    14. Political control & influence    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Gender & the Law    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal status, laws, etc    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    14. Women's studies   

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Life Changing!
This is a challenging and phenomenal read that was life affirming for me.I'd wholeheartedly recommend this book and any others published by Mr. Huppin et al.The 9th Amendment is too often overlooked in an overzealous pursuit to implant restrictive cultural norms and ethics.Mr. Huppin et al. use a myriad of examples of abuses to make a compelling case for the extension of this amendment to include too-often ignored sexual rights. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 9th Amendment    2. Constitution    3. Constitution.    4. Constitutional    5. Gay Studies    6. Human Sexuality    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Sex and law    10. United States    11. United States.    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Gender studies    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Gay Studies    3. Gender & the Law    4. Homophobia    5. Homosexuality    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Lesbian Studies    10. United States    11. Gay & Lesbian studies    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues