| Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Stone, Geoffrey R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1631494287 ISBN-13: 9781631494284 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 342.73 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9" (1.45 lbs) 704 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stone, Geoffrey R.: - Geoffrey R. Stone is the author of the prize-winning Perilous Times. He is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and one of our nation's leading constitutional scholars. |