Disorder in the Court: Trials and Sexual Conflict at the Turn of the Century

by Nancy Erber and George Robb

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At the turn of the century, a spate of sensational trials kept French and English readers spellbound and ignited bitter tugs of war over marriage and divorce laws, women's rights, temperance, gay prostitution, and lesbian literature.
The chapters in Disorder in the Court each focus on a specific high-profile trial, and the public debates surrounding it, in order to address the role of the state in regulating sexual morality. The authors...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0814775268

ISBN13:9780814775264

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.13 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

England Europe Gender & the Law Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Legal Theory & Systems Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Psychology & Counseling

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