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Author Moran, Leslie J., 1955-

Title The homosexual(ity) of law / Leslie J. Moran
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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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.
Homosexuality.
Sodomy -- Great Britain.
LC no. 95026467
ISBN 0415079527 (hbk)
0415079535 (paperback)
Other Titles Homosexuality of law