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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226675645
ISBN-139780226675640
eBay Product ID (ePID)86232
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
Publication NameGuide to America's Sex Laws
LanguageEnglish
SubjectReference, General, Civil Procedure, Gender & the Law
Publication Year1996
TypeTextbook
AuthorKatharine B. Silbaugh, Richard A. Posner
Subject AreaLaw, Political Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight18.6 Oz
Item Length0.6 in
Item Width0.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-003306
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal345.73/0253
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1: Rape and Sexual Assault 2: Marital Exemptions from Rape and Sexual Assault 3: Age of Consent 4: Sodomy 5: Transmission of Disease 6: Public Nudity and Indecency 7: Fornication 8: Adultery 9: Abuse of Position of Trust or Authority 10: Incest 11: Bigamy 12: Prostitution 13: Possession of Obscene Materials 14: Bestiality 15: Necrophilia 16: Obscene Communications 17: Voyeurism Glossary
SynopsisA Guide to America's Sex Laws is the first concise compendium of the nation's sex laws. It summarizes the laws regulating personal sexual activity, revealing gaps, anachronisms, anomalies, inequalities, and irrationalities, and providing an empirical basis for studies of sexual regulation. Judge Richard A. Posner and Katharine B. Silbaugh cover broadly defined areas of regulation, providing background and definitions and placing the laws in their historical and constitutional context. From Alabama to Wyoming, this informative and fascinating reference book will be an essential resource. "It takes only a few minutes with A Guide to [America's] Sex to realize that the nation's laws governing what two consenting adults can do with one another are an odd jumble."--Eric Fidler, San Diego Commerce "Especially noteworthy is how laws governing various sexual activities vary from state to state."-- Library Journal "Fascinating and often surprising facts are concisely documented and conveniently organized in A Guide ."--Carlin Meyer, New York Law Journal, A Guide to America's Sex Laws is the first concise compendium of the nation's sex laws. It summarizes the laws regulating personal sexual activity, revealing gaps, anachronisms, anomalies, inequalities, and irrationalities, and providing an empirical basis for studies of sexual regulation. Judge Richard A. Posner and Katharine B. Silbaugh cover broadly defined areas of regulation, providing background and definitions and placing the laws in their historical and constitutional context. From Alabama to Wyoming, this informative and fascinating reference book will be an essential resource. "It takes only a few minutes with A Guide to America's] Sex to realize that the nation's laws governing what two consenting adults can do with one another are an odd jumble."--Eric Fidler, San Diego Commerce "Especially noteworthy is how laws governing various sexual activities vary from state to state."-- Library Journal "Fascinating and often surprising facts are concisely documented and conveniently organized in A Guide ."--Carlin Meyer, New York Law Journal