Supreme Court Cases on Gender and Sexual Equality, 1787-2001M.E. Sharpe, 2002 - 707 pages This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to gender and sexual equality from the Court's beginnings to the end of the 2000/2001 term. It is a primary document reference book, organized topically in eight chapters: civic and social rights and duties; educational policies and instructions; employment and careers; sexual privacy and procreative rights; morality and sexual ethics; family; gender and sexual orientation; and other issues. Every case is included either as a full (edited) version of the majority or per curium opinion, extensive excerpts of the opinion, or a detailed description of the case. Using this single volume, a researcher can see how American legal history on the topic played out in its entirety. Back matter includes a Table of Cases and an extensive bibliography of books and legal periodicals. |
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... entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizenship . The amendment prohibited the State , of which she is a citizen , from abridging any of her privileges and immunities as a citizen of the United States ; but it did not ...
... entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizenship . The amendment prohibited the State , of which she is a citizen , from abridging any of her privileges and immunities as a citizen of the United States ; but it did not ...
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... entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States . " If suffrage is necessarily a part of citizenship , then the citizens of each State must be entitled to vote in the several States precisely as their ...
... entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States . " If suffrage is necessarily a part of citizenship , then the citizens of each State must be entitled to vote in the several States precisely as their ...
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... entitled to vote at any election held in the territory . In the case in which Mary Ann M. Pratt is plaintiff , she clearly excludes herself from the disqualifications of the act . She alleges in her complaint " that she is not , and ...
... entitled to vote at any election held in the territory . In the case in which Mary Ann M. Pratt is plaintiff , she clearly excludes herself from the disqualifications of the act . She alleges in her complaint " that she is not , and ...
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... entitled to vote ; and in that event the election officers would be autho- rized to determine for that occasion , in case of question in any instance , upon the fact of mar- riage as a continuing status . There is no greater objection ...
... entitled to vote ; and in that event the election officers would be autho- rized to determine for that occasion , in case of question in any instance , upon the fact of mar- riage as a continuing status . There is no greater objection ...
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... the basis of special considerations to which they are naturally entitled . In view of burdens necessarily borne by them for the pres- ervation of the race , the state reasonably may exempt 18 CHAPTER 1 : CIVIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES.
... the basis of special considerations to which they are naturally entitled . In view of burdens necessarily borne by them for the pres- ervation of the race , the state reasonably may exempt 18 CHAPTER 1 : CIVIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES.
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