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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... marriage relation- ships . The Supreme Court cases in this chapter deal specifically with gender - related disparities in marriage , X PREFACE.
... marriage relation- ships . The Supreme Court cases in this chapter deal specifically with gender - related disparities in marriage , X PREFACE.
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... marriage , divorce , alimony , property rights , adoption , child care , immigration and citizenship , determinations of parental fitness , and the receipt of governmental and employment benefits and insurance . Morality and sexual ...
... marriage , divorce , alimony , property rights , adoption , child care , immigration and citizenship , determinations of parental fitness , and the receipt of governmental and employment benefits and insurance . Morality and sexual ...
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... marriage he was , and for many years before had been , a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints ... marriage ; ... that Daniel H. Wells , one having authority in said church to perform the marriage ceremony , mar ...
... marriage he was , and for many years before had been , a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints ... marriage ; ... that Daniel H. Wells , one having authority in said church to perform the marriage ceremony , mar ...
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... married , and that his first wife was living . He also knew that his second marriage was forbidden by law . When , therefore , he married the second time , he is presumed to have intended to break the law . And the breaking of the law ...
... married , and that his first wife was living . He also knew that his second marriage was forbidden by law . When , therefore , he married the second time , he is presumed to have intended to break the law . And the breaking of the law ...
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... marriages . All the court did was to call the attention of the jury to the peculiar character of the crime for which the accused was on ... marriage contract or relation with any woman within the last six years , and MURPHY V. RAMSEY 13.
... marriages . All the court did was to call the attention of the jury to the peculiar character of the crime for which the accused was on ... marriage contract or relation with any woman within the last six years , and MURPHY V. RAMSEY 13.
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Page 1 - ... in a Territory or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, is guilty of polygamy, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years...