Description |
viii, 248 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction: Brief Encounters -- 2. Novelty as the Tradition of Law: Buggery as Homosexual -- 3. Buggery: A Short History of Silence -- 4. Making the Sense of Buggery -- 5. The Enigma of 'Homosexual Offences' -- 6. Policing and the Production of the Homosexual(ity) of Law -- 7. The Somatic Techniques of Policing -- 8. The Uses of Homosexuality: Rights, Victims and Parliamentary Reform -- 9. Conclusions |
Summary |
This book looks at how legal discourse is constructed to place homosexuality in a very specific band of regulation and focuses on gay and civil rights, equality under the law and social attitudes towards homosexuals |
Analysis |
Multi-User |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-243) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Homosexuality.
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Sodomy -- Great Britain.
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LC no. |
95026467 |
ISBN |
0415079527 (hbk) |
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0415079535 (paperback) |
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