- Paperback: 244 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 2nd edition (15 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226675653
- ISBN-13: 978-0226675657
- Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,553,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"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"
"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"
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Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Professor Katharine Silbaugh of Boston University's law school undertaken an impressive task, and they have done half the job very well. "A Guide to America's Sex Laws" is an exhaustive survey of the existing statutes from all fifty states (and the federal government where applicable) for crimes from rape to sodomy to necrophilia. A single volume containing every statute is indeed a valuable resource, but there is a serious problem. Statutes require judicial interpretation, and this book provides very little explanation toward that end. Though each chapter (devoted to a particular offense) includes a brief, survey introduction, the introductions do not provide much help for a reader seeking to know, for example, how Montana courts have interpreted the phrase "deviate sexual relations." As a reference, "A Guide to America's Sex Laws" serves as a good starting point, but the serious researcher will have to use other sources to supplement this text.
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14 Jan 1998
Format:Hardcover
Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Professor Katharine Silbaugh of Boston University's law school undertaken an impressive task, and they have done half the job very well. "A Guide to America's Sex Laws" is an exhaustive survey of the existing statutes from all fifty states (and the federal government where applicable) for crimes from rape to sodomy to necrophilia. A single volume containing every statute is indeed a valuable resource, but there is a serious problem. Statutes require judicial interpretation, and this book provides very little explanation toward that end. Though each chapter (devoted to a particular offense) includes a brief, survey introduction, the introductions do not provide much help for a reader seeking to know, for example, how Montana courts have interpreted the phrase "deviate sexual relations." As a reference, "A Guide to America's Sex Laws" serves as a good starting point, but the serious researcher will have to use other sources to supplement this text.
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