{"product_id":"gay-rights-and-american-law-hardback-9780521812740","title":"Gay Rights and American Law (Hardback) 9780521812740","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGay Rights and American Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestigates how American appellate courts dealt with lesbian-and-gay civil rights during the 1980s and 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel R. Pinello (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521812740, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 June 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, 24 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.8 cm, 0.632 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Daniel R. Rinello provides a highly provocative empirical analysis pf how  American appellate courts over the last twenty years have addressed lesbian  and gay rights claims. The project is striking, not only in its scope, but  also with respect to some of the conclusions Pinello draws.' Political Science Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGay Rights and American Law investigates how American appellate courts dealt with the struggle for lesbian and gay civil rights during the last two decades of the twentieth century. The study is grounded on an exhaustive database of both federal and state cases, rendered between 1981 and 2000, and of the personal attributes of the judges who decided them, as well as the ideological, institutional, and legal environments in which the decisions were situated. The work both explains how diverse factors influenced the adjudication of civil rights claims during a vital era of the homosexual civil rights movement and formulates promising methodologies for the meaningful quantitative empirical study of law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The context of the study\u003cbr\u003e The cases\u003cbr\u003e Case outcome variation by court system and subject matter\u003cbr\u003e Geographic variation\u003cbr\u003e Temporal variation\u003cbr\u003e 2: Case narratives\u003cbr\u003e Child custody, visitation, adoption, and foster care (CVAF)\u003cbr\u003e Lesbian and gay family issues not involving CVAF\u003cbr\u003e Cases adjudicating sexual orientation discrimination claims not related to lesbian and gay family issues\u003cbr\u003e Gays in the military\u003cbr\u003e Cases adjudicating the constitutionality of consensual sodomy and related\u003cbr\u003e Solicitation statutes and their Enforcement against gay people\u003cbr\u003e Cases adjudicating the free speech and free association rights of gay people\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous cases essential to lesbian and gay rights\u003cbr\u003e Same-sex sexual harassment\u003cbr\u003e Defamation involving homosexuality\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous cases not essential to lesbian and gay rights\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 3: The lesbian and gay rights claims models\u003cbr\u003e The statistical analysis\u003cbr\u003e Findings\u003cbr\u003e Applying the models\u003cbr\u003e Answers to questions posed in chapter 2\u003cbr\u003e Model performance\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 4: Judicial federalism and the 'myth of parity'\u003cbr\u003e Judicial federalism variables\u003cbr\u003e Findings\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 5: A test of stare decisis\u003cbr\u003e The legal literature\u003cbr\u003e The political science literature\u003cbr\u003e Lesbian and gay rights claims and precedent\u003cbr\u003e Test one\u003cbr\u003e Test two\u003cbr\u003e Caveats\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 6: Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Location, location, location\u003cbr\u003e The promise of the states\u003cbr\u003e The value of diversity on the bench\u003cbr\u003e Time is on our side, Yes it is!\u003cbr\u003e The vital role of interest groups\u003cbr\u003e The power of precedent\u003cbr\u003e Democrats, republicans, and gay rights\u003cbr\u003e The forces motivating judicial decision making\u003cbr\u003e The quantitative study of rights and of law\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Public international law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Public international law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Public%20international%20law%20%5BLBB%5D%22\"\u003eLBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Political control \u0026amp; freedoms [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political control \u0026amp; freedoms\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20control%20\u0026amp;%20freedoms%20%5BJPV%5D%22\"\u003eJPV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265138544920,"sku":"9780521812740","price":44.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521012140.jpg?v=1692019830","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gay-rights-and-american-law-hardback-9780521812740","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}