SEXUAL FREEDOM AND THE CONSTITUTION - AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF REPRESSIVE SEX LAWS

• NCJ Number: 12265
• Author(s): W BARNETT
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 342 pages
• Sale Source: University of New Mexico Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF CURRENT CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ATTACK CRIMINAL LAWS ON SEX SO AS TO EXCLUDE FROM THEIR SCOPE ACTIVITIES BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS.

Abstract

FOCUSING ON SODOMY STATUTES, THE AUTHOR ANALYSES THE VOID-FOR-VAGUENESS DOCTRINE, THE RIGHT-OF-PRIVACY DOCTRINE, AND THE INDEPENDENT RIGHTS DOCTRINE. IN ADDITION, THE RELATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY TO RELIGION, EQUAL PROTECTION, AND CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IS PRESENTED. APPENDED ARE EXAMPLES OF STATUTES PROSCRIBING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT FROM SELECTED STATES.