- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd (27 July 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1856191559
- ISBN-13: 978-1856191555
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,442,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Quest for Justice is the inside story of the battle for the Wolfenden reforms, told by one of its main protagonists. The author was Secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society during most of its campaign and this book is his personal account of the reform campaign and a commentary on the subsequent course of the movement for gay rights.
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Format:Hardcover
This is the classic account of the way the law criminalizing male homosexual acts in England and Wales was decisively changed in 1967. It was written by the Secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society - to which, says Harrison's 1951-70 volume of 'New Oxford History of England', "his rare combination of high-serious commitment, shrewd political effectiveness, and total lack of self-advertisement was precious indeed".
But the book is not just a dry legal and parliamentary account. It ranges far more widely over Grey's own life and activist career, before and after 1967, and is thus described in Harrison's bibliography as the most important of the studies of individual homosexuals too.
Commended, therefore, to anyone wanting to learn about the reality of gay men's life in the second half of the twentieth century as well as to social and legal historians and to gay people wanting to explore their community's own history.
But the book is not just a dry legal and parliamentary account. It ranges far more widely over Grey's own life and activist career, before and after 1967, and is thus described in Harrison's bibliography as the most important of the studies of individual homosexuals too.
Commended, therefore, to anyone wanting to learn about the reality of gay men's life in the second half of the twentieth century as well as to social and legal historians and to gay people wanting to explore their community's own history.
Format:Paperback
The delivery was slightly longer than given by the despatcher; ten days rather than the 4/5 stated on the notice of despatch.
The book was in a somewhat less than the 'very good' condition advertised, being significantly yellowed across the top third of the pages.
However it was complete and quite legible throughout with the binding intact.
As I was very gratified to recieve this out of print book which proved useful to my research, I will on my second review raise my rating from three to four stars.
The book was in a somewhat less than the 'very good' condition advertised, being significantly yellowed across the top third of the pages.
However it was complete and quite legible throughout with the binding intact.
As I was very gratified to recieve this out of print book which proved useful to my research, I will on my second review raise my rating from three to four stars.
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