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Full-Text Articles in Sexuality and the Law
The Fearful Symmetry Of Gay Rights, Religious Freedom, And Racial Equality, Walter J. Walsh
The Fearful Symmetry Of Gay Rights, Religious Freedom, And Racial Equality, Walter J. Walsh
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A decade has now passed since Julia Cooper Mack authored her most controversial judicial opinion, Gay Rights Coalition of Georgetown University Law Center v. Georgetown University. That opinion provoked two acts of Congress aimed at its reversal, newspaper editorials from coast to coast, and over one hundred scholarly authors debating its wisdom. In this short essay, I shall suggest that this extended hermeneutic debate has yet to touch upon the deepest implications of Judge Mack's Georgetown opinion. While recent scholarship on this story praises Judge Mack's unusual ability to reconcile clashing interest groups, a more accurate account might be …
Juno Moneta: On The Erotics Of The Marketplace, Jeanne L. Schroeder
Juno Moneta: On The Erotics Of The Marketplace, Jeanne L. Schroeder
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The article explores how property and the feminine, as legal fictions, facilitate the creation of subjectivity through the lens of Hegelian philosophy and Lacanian psychoanalysis. It critiques the liberal individual as an insufficient concept for subjectivity, arguing that subjectivity is constructed, not natural. The analysis examines how legal frameworks privilege masculine metaphors, such as possession, while repressing feminine ones, and posits that the pursuit of a perfect market represents a destructive ideal that undermines freedom and subjectivity.
Acts Of Power, Crimes Of Knowledge: Some Observations On Desire, Law And Ideology In The Politics Of Expression At The End Of The Twentieth Century, Francisco Valdes
Acts Of Power, Crimes Of Knowledge: Some Observations On Desire, Law And Ideology In The Politics Of Expression At The End Of The Twentieth Century, Francisco Valdes
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Polygamy And Same-Sex Marriage, David L. Chambers
Polygamy And Same-Sex Marriage, David L. Chambers
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In the American federal system, state governments bear the responsibility for enacting the laws that define the persons who are permitted to marry. The federal government, throughout our history, has accepted these definitions and built upon them, fixing legal consequences for those who validly marry under state law. Only twice in American history has Congress intervened to reject the determinations that states might make about who can marry. The first occasion was in the late nineteenth century when Congress enacted a series of statutes aimed at the Mormon Church, prohibiting polygamy in the Western territories and punishing the Church and …
Marriage Today: Legal Consequences For Same Sex And Opposite Sex Couples, David L. Chambers
Marriage Today: Legal Consequences For Same Sex And Opposite Sex Couples, David L. Chambers
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Laws that treat married persons in a different manner than they treat single persons permeate nearly every field of social regulation in this country -- taxation, otrts, evidence, social welfare, inheritance, adoption, and on and on.
Never Jam To-Day: On The Impossibility Of Takings Jurisprudence, Jeanne L. Schroeder
Never Jam To-Day: On The Impossibility Of Takings Jurisprudence, Jeanne L. Schroeder
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The article critiques the incoherence of takings jurisprudence under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, arguing that property rights cannot be understood as absolute or natural but must be viewed through the lens of Hegelian dialectics. It contends that property is a socially constructed concept requiring pragmatic reasoning to balance individual rights and communitarian limits. The analysis emphasizes that the determination of when regulation constitutes a taking cannot be resolved through rigid legal frameworks but demands a pragmatic approach, as the balance between individualistic and communitarian interests is inherently empirical and subjective.
What If? The Legal Consequences Of Marriage And The Legal Needs Of Lesbian And Gay Male Couples, David L. Chambers
What If? The Legal Consequences Of Marriage And The Legal Needs Of Lesbian And Gay Male Couples, David L. Chambers
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Laws that treat married persons in a different manner than they treat single persons permeate nearly every field of social regulation in this country - taxation, torts, evidence, social welfare, inheritance, adoption, and on and on. In this article I inquire into the patterns these laws form and the central benefits and obligations that marriage entails, a task few scholars have undertaken in recent years. I have done so because same-sex couples, a large group not previously eligible to marry under the laws of any American jurisdiction, may be on the brink of securing the opportunity to do so in …
Comment: Between Women/Between Men: The Significance For Lesbianism Of Historical Understandings Of Same-(Male)Sex Sexual Activities, Mary I. Coombs
Comment: Between Women/Between Men: The Significance For Lesbianism Of Historical Understandings Of Same-(Male)Sex Sexual Activities, Mary I. Coombs
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Some Realism About Legal Surrealism, Jeanne L. Schroeder
Some Realism About Legal Surrealism, Jeanne L. Schroeder
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The article challenges the traditional understanding of possession in property law, arguing that the concept is increasingly inadequate due to its reliance on physical metaphors that fail to account for intangible assets and noncustodial interests. It advocates for a shift toward an abstract, Hegelian approach, emphasizing legal recognition and control over physical custody, particularly in the context of modern commercial transactions governed by the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
Virgin Territory: Margaret Radin's Imagery Of Personal Property As The Inviolate Feminine Body, Jeanne L. Schroeder
Virgin Territory: Margaret Radin's Imagery Of Personal Property As The Inviolate Feminine Body, Jeanne L. Schroeder
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Margaret Jane Radin's theory of property for personhood posits that certain personal property is deeply intertwined with individual identity, necessitating legal protections that go beyond traditional property rights. While her approach offers a feminist perspective by emphasizing the body and body-like objects as extensions of selfhood, critics argue that her framework lacks an account of community and intersubjectivity, rendering it incomplete. The article suggests that integrating insights from Hegel and Lacan could provide a more comprehensive understanding of property relations, addressing both personal and communal dimensions.
Pushing The Law To Encompass The Reality Of Our Families: Protecting Lesbian And Gay Families From Eviction From Their Homes - Braschi'S Functional Definition Of Family And Beyond, Paris R. Baldacci
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Gay Men, Aids, And The Code Of The Condom, David L. Chambers
Gay Men, Aids, And The Code Of The Condom, David L. Chambers
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The principal purpose of this Article is to explore the origins and moral content of the code of behavior among gay men that has developed around the condom. A second purpose is to consider whether this code is wise and defensible under current circumstances. A final purpose is to compare the condom rules to the code of sexual behavior that state governments have created in response to AIDS under their criminal laws.
Telling The Victim's Story, Mary I. Coombs
Catharine's Wheel: Mackinnon's Pornography Analysis As A Return To Traditional Christian Sexual Theory, Jeanne L. Schroeder
Catharine's Wheel: Mackinnon's Pornography Analysis As A Return To Traditional Christian Sexual Theory, Jeanne L. Schroeder
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The article argues that Catharine MacKinnon's analysis of pornography and sexuality, while presented as radical feminist theory, ultimately incorporates traditional elements from Christian sexual theory and modern liberalism. MacKinnon's critique of pornography as a mechanism of gender subordination aligns with Augustine's view of sexuality as a loss of subjectivity, where involuntary sexual desire symbolizes the Fall's consequences. Despite her sociopolitical analysis, MacKinnon's failure to recognize these influences and her lack of a positive vision for female subjectivity limit her critique's transformative potential.
Tales Of Two Cities: Aids And The Legal Recognition Of Domestic Partnerships In San Francisco And New York, David L. Chambers
Tales Of Two Cities: Aids And The Legal Recognition Of Domestic Partnerships In San Francisco And New York, David L. Chambers
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Here are two stories. They are of the quite different ways that domestic partnerships of lesbian and gay couples have come to be recognized, for some purposes, in San Francisco and New York City. I tell the stories for their own sake, but with a particular focus on the role that AIDS played in the political process in each city.