{"product_id":"sex-and-privacy-in-american-law-9781680538335","title":"Sex and Privacy in American Law","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSex and Privacy in American Law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents empirical analyses of civil and criminal state court decisions applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence v. Texas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. After tracing key historical and legal developments leading up to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e decision’s decriminalization of sodomy on substantive due process grounds in 2003, the study employs both quantitative and qualitative content analyses of 307 cases citing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e over the two decades since it was decided. Results indicate that judicial decisions rarely embraced broad readings of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in criminal cases. In fact, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s long-term impact on criminal law has largely remained as limited as some commentators predicted shortly after the case was decided. In civil cases, courts tended not to rely on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e significantly in most business and employment law cases. Courts that applied \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in family law disputes – especially those involving same-sex couples – often construed the case narrowly at first, but broadened their interpretations after \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObergefell v. Hodges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brought marriage equality to the United States. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also impacted LGBTQ+ civil rights claims. Statistically significant geographic differences were found relating to how courts used \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawrence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in those cases, with judges in Northeastern and Pacific coastal states having applied the precedent broadly, while judges in Southern and Midwestern states tending to have applied the case more narrowly. The implications are explored generally and within the specific context of the constriction of substantive due process rights in the wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Henry F. Fradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48277943877883,"sku":"9781680538335","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c3eb3ccb-403c-4ceb-a3e7-25d1dd1f12d1.jpg?v=1771216102","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/sex-and-privacy-in-american-law-9781680538335","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}