Sappho Goes to Law School

Fragments in Lesbian Legal Theory

Author: Ruthann Robson
ISBN: 0231105614

Robson tackles controversial legal questions, including the treatment of lesbian criminal defendants; lesbianism and violence; the courts' tendency to resort to stereotypes, such as "the good lesbian" and "the bad lesbian"; the numerous debates enveloping same-sex marriage; and the outcome of child custody cases involving lesbians. She also repudiates the recent habit of legal theorists to address lesbians as "alternative family."

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 1998-01

Subjects: Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Law / Civil Law, Law / Gender & the Law, Literary Criticism / Gay & Lesbian, Social Science / Lesbian Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Law)