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Substantive Equality And Sexual Orientation: Twenty Years Of Gay And Lesbian Rights Adjudication Under The South African Constitution, Eric C. Christiansen
Substantive Equality And Sexual Orientation: Twenty Years Of Gay And Lesbian Rights Adjudication Under The South African Constitution, Eric C. Christiansen
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Examining the historical achievements and failures of the South African Constitution’s sexual orientation protections highlights larger lessons from the last twenty years of constitutionalism in South Africa. In this Article, I use the drafting history, Constitutional Court adjudication, and the practical insufficiencies of the Constitution’s inclusion of sexual orientation-based protections to highlight three categories of insights. These lessons include an encouraging insight regarding the inclusion of novel and progressive elements when drafting modern constitutions; some modest claims about the capacity of courts to combat inequality based on sexual orientation despite the limitations of purely legal victories; and a hopeful affirmation …
Thirty Years After Anita Bryant's Crusade: The Continuing Role Of Morality In The Development Of Legal Rights For Sexual Minorities - Introduction: The Florida Example, Anthony S. Niedwiecki, Williams E. Adams, Jr.
Thirty Years After Anita Bryant's Crusade: The Continuing Role Of Morality In The Development Of Legal Rights For Sexual Minorities - Introduction: The Florida Example, Anthony S. Niedwiecki, Williams E. Adams, Jr.
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