ABSTRACT
Born in the late nineteenth century, sexuality is a relatively new category within the human sciences in general and law and society scholarship in particular. Despite its novelty, it is now a central category through which we understand ourselves both as individuals and as members of communities. This volume offers a collection of essays selected to reflect the ever-widening horizons and diverse methodologies of law and society scholarship on sexual and identity in law. The essays offer an insight into some of the key themes and recent developments in this body of work. Each in different ways offers an evaluation of the nature, meaning and effects of sexuality thereby providing a critical evaluation of the politics of sexual identity as it appears in and through the law.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|165 pages
Topics
part |97 pages
Theorizing Sexual Identity
part |65 pages
Histories
chapter 5|34 pages
Returning to the Scene of the Crime
part II|411 pages
Locating Sexual Identity in Law
part |55 pages
The State
part |70 pages
The Criminal Justice System
part |22 pages
Public Places
chapter 12|20 pages
Governing Bodies, Creating Gay Spaces
part |53 pages
The Workplace
part |72 pages
Hate
part |84 pages
Kinship
part |51 pages
The Cultural Turn