Evan Gerstmann

Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A clearly written and accessible explanation of the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision, its reasoning, and the consequences and controversies surrounding it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 165mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781107174290
• ISBN-10: 1107174295
• Artikelnr.: 48066746

Autorenporträt

Evan Gerstmann is a Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University, California. He is a widely cited scholar on the issues of same-sex equality and other timely legal issues. He has frequently appeared as an expert in both academic and popular media venues, and his scholarship has covered issues ranging from same-sex marriage to the use of racially motivated force by police to sexual assault on the American university campus.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Reason and prejudice: is a heterosexual monopoly on marriage rational?
3. Looking for stricter scrutiny: sexism, heterosexism, and class-based equal protection
4. The fundamental right to marry
5. Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry
6. Should courts create new rights?
7. Identifying fundamental rights
8. Democracy, neutrality, and consistency of principle
9. Principles and practicalities: the road to same-sex marriage.