MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 111114s2012 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aKF224.L39$bC37 2012
082 00 $a342.7308/7$223
100 1 $aCarpenter, Dale,$d1966-
245 10 $aFlagrant conduct :$bthe story of Lawrence v. Texas : how a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans /$cDale Carpenter.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$cc2012.
300 $axv, 345 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and index.
505 0 $aA crime of deep malignity -- The city and the cause -- The defendants and the troublemaker -- The department and the deputies -- The intrusion -- Uncivil disobedience -- A probable explanation for an improbable case -- The homosexual status law -- From the jail to the bar -- From the gay bar to the bar -- Into the Texas courts -- The constitutional case takes shape -- The politics of law -- The constitutional mainstream -- Mismatch at the Supreme Court -- Respect for their private lives.
520 $aProvides a detailed legal history and examines the motives of all players involved with the landmark Supreme Court gay rights case that protected consenting adults' rights, regardless of sexual preference, in the bedroom.
600 10 $aLawrence, John Geddes$xTrials, litigation, etc.
651 0 $aTexas$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aTrials (Sodomy)$zTexas.
650 0 $aHomosexuality$xLaw and legislation$zTexas$xCriminal provisions.
650 0 $aGays$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zUnited States.
653 $aLawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)