Queers in Court: Gay Rights Law and Public Policy

Susan Gluck Mezey

doi:10.5771/9780742568525

Summary

In Queers in Court, Susan Gluck Mezey examines the contemporary battle for gay and lesbian rights in the United States, tracing the evolution of issues from same sex marriage and privacy rights to military service and employment discrimination. By combining analyses of nearly three hundred cases from both federal and state courts with detailed explorations of the paths these issues have taken through legislative and executive bodies, she provides the most comprehensive analysis of queer rights in law and policy to date. Both scholars seeking a case study in minority rights and those looking for a primer in gay and lesbian politics will find Mezey's book of interest.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2007
Copyright Year: 2007
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-4931-9
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-6852-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 269
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Table of Cases No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 1: Forging Gay Rights Activism No access Pages 15 - 44
Chapter 2: Litigating Equality and Privacy Rights No access Pages 45 - 86
Chapter 3: Struggling over Same-Sex Marriage No access Pages 87 - 134
Chapter 4: Contesting Inequality in the Military No access Pages 135 - 188
Chapter 5: Challenging Employment Discrimination No access Pages 189 - 228
Chapter 6: Conclusion No access Pages 229 - 238
References No access Pages 239 - 256
General Index No access Pages 257 - 262
Index of Cases No access Pages 263 - 268
About the Author No access Pages 269 - 269