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Obergefell Liberates Bathrooms, Ayana Osada Jan 2018

Obergefell Liberates Bathrooms, Ayana Osada

NYLS Law Review

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All His Sexless Patients: Persons With Mental Disabilities And The Competence To Have Sex, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch Jan 2014

All His Sexless Patients: Persons With Mental Disabilities And The Competence To Have Sex, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch

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With the growth in the field of mental disability law over the past 50 years, very few topics involving persons with mental illness remain taboo or off limits to scholars and judges who face these issues daily. However, discussions of the question of whether persons with mental disabilities have a right to voluntary sexual interaction often touches a raw nerve in conversations about mental disability law, even with those who are practicing in the field, and the discomfort people feel in examining this topic is exacerbated when discussing individuals who are institutionalized.

Although this often appears to be a difficult …


New York Recognition Of A Legal Status For Same-Sex Couples: A Rapidly Developing Story, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2010

New York Recognition Of A Legal Status For Same-Sex Couples: A Rapidly Developing Story, Arthur S. Leonard

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In New York State at the beginning of 2010, same-sex couples cannot get married but can be married. The state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, construed the state’s marriage law in 2006 to prohibit state officials from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but said nothing in that decision about whether same-sex couples married outside the state would be considered married when they were in the state. In February 2008, an intermediate appeals court in Rochester ruled that New York’s marriage recognition law supported extending comity to a same-sex marriage performed in Canada, and several other appellate courts have …


Marriage And Its Alternatives, Jeanine Elbaz Jan 2009

Marriage And Its Alternatives, Jeanine Elbaz

Tribeca Square Press

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New York Recognition Of A Legal Status For Same-Sex Couples: A Rapidly Developing Story, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2009

New York Recognition Of A Legal Status For Same-Sex Couples: A Rapidly Developing Story, Arthur S. Leonard

NYLS Law Review

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The New York City Corporation Counsel: The Best Legal Job In America, Michael A. Cardozo Jan 2008

The New York City Corporation Counsel: The Best Legal Job In America, Michael A. Cardozo

NYLS Law Review

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The Marriage Protection Act: A Lesson In Congressional Over-Reaching, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum Jan 2006

The Marriage Protection Act: A Lesson In Congressional Over-Reaching, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of International Human Rights Developments On Sexual Minority Rights, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2005

The Impact Of International Human Rights Developments On Sexual Minority Rights, Arthur S. Leonard

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Use And Abuse Of Social Science In The Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Stephen A. Newman Jan 2005

The Use And Abuse Of Social Science In The Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Stephen A. Newman

NYLS Law Review

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Civil Partnership In The U.K. – Some International Problems, Barry Crown Jan 2004

Civil Partnership In The U.K. – Some International Problems, Barry Crown

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Modern Coverture: Old Wine In Old Bottles, William P. Lapiana Jan 1999

Modern Coverture: Old Wine In Old Bottles, William P. Lapiana

Articles & Chapters

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Marriage, Property &(And) The Affective Family, Lloyd Bonfield Jan 1983

Marriage, Property &(And) The Affective Family, Lloyd Bonfield

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.