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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... facts could be any more disturbing . And they were . The legal dispute hinged on the victim's repeated efforts seeking ... fact well into the late twentieth century . It was an ironic end to the twentieth century , which in some respect ...
... facts could be any more disturbing . And they were . The legal dispute hinged on the victim's repeated efforts seeking ... fact well into the late twentieth century . It was an ironic end to the twentieth century , which in some respect ...
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... fact may be put in issue and tried . If found not to exist the case must be dismissed . Notwithstanding this the records of the courts are full of cases in which the jurisdiction depends upon the citizenship of women , and not one can ...
... fact may be put in issue and tried . If found not to exist the case must be dismissed . Notwithstanding this the records of the courts are full of cases in which the jurisdiction depends upon the citizenship of women , and not one can ...
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... fact , according as monogamous or polygamous mar- riages are allowed , do we find the principles on which the government of the people , to a greater or less extent , rests .... An exceptional colony of polygamists under an exceptional ...
... fact , according as monogamous or polygamous mar- riages are allowed , do we find the principles on which the government of the people , to a greater or less extent , rests .... An exceptional colony of polygamists under an exceptional ...
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... fact have cohabited with more than one woman . Without regard to the question whether at the time he entered into such a relation it was a prohibited and punishable offense , or whether by reason of lapse of time since its commission a ...
... fact have cohabited with more than one woman . Without regard to the question whether at the time he entered into such a relation it was a prohibited and punishable offense , or whether by reason of lapse of time since its commission a ...
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... fact by the officers of registration as an unlawful mode of prosecution for crime . In respect to the fact of actual cohabitation with more than one woman the objection is equally groundless , for the inquiry into the fact , so far as ...
... fact by the officers of registration as an unlawful mode of prosecution for crime . In respect to the fact of actual cohabitation with more than one woman the objection is equally groundless , for the inquiry into the fact , so far as ...
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