American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family

Obergefell v. Hodges and U.S. v. Windsor in Context

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court’s declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of the Court’s developing understanding of the legal and social status of marriage and the family. Leading scholars in the fields of political science, law, and religion examine the roots of the Court’s affirmation of same-sex rights in a number of areas related to marriage and the family including the right to marry, equality and happiness in marriage, the right to privacy, freedom of association, property rights, parental power, and reproductive rights. Taken together, these essays evaluate the extent to which the Court’s recent marriage rulings both break with and derive from the competing principles of American Constitutionalism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-04-21
Mått159 x 238 x 23 mm
Vikt503 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498528177

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Introduction, Patrick N. Cain and David RamseyChapter One: Defending the Christian Idea of Marriage Today: The Place of the Personal Logos, Peter Augustine LawlerChapter Two: The Household and the City in Classical Political Philosophy and in John Witte, Jr.’s Account of History of Western Jurisprudence, Terence J. KlevenChapter Three: The Triumph of the Right of Intimate Association, William C. DuncanChapter Four: Free and Happy Bonds: Loving v. Virginia’s Nineteenth Century Precedent on Marriage and the Pursuit of Happiness, Adam M. CarringtonChapter Five: On the Marriage of Dred Scott, David RamseyChapter Six: Back to the Future: Reynolds Revisited and the Structure of the American Family, Martha Rice MartiniChapter Seven: Sterilization, Reproductive Rights, and the Ninth Amendment, Lauren K. HallChapter Eight: Limited Government and the Family: Rival Jurisprudential Models, Mark A. ScullyChapter Nine: Liberalism, the Family, and the Right to Privacy: Griswold v. Connecticut and Its Proge

[This book] is essential reading for anyone who has an interest in the complicated legal, philosophical, and historical issues that are behind our contemporary debates about marriage and the family. Unfortunately, the way these debates are often conducted online, in public, and at universities and colleges—usually accompanied by rhetorical excesses and personal recriminations—they rarely reveal that the plausibility of each side’s case depends on deeper principles that are far from uncontroversial. In this regard, American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family is a breath of fresh air.