Equality Practice: Civil Unions and the Future of Gay Rights - Softcover

Eskridge Jr., William N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415930731 ISBN 13: 9780415930734

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

William Eskridge, a Yale law professor chronicles the Vermont law which legalised civil unions - distinct from marriage - for same sex couples.

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Product Description:

Equality Practice A renowned Yale law professor chronicles the Vermont law and the changes it brings.

Review:

"Equality Practice has the potential to move the discussion of same-sex marriage rights where it needs to go...when it does, Eskridge will have earned a place in the history of the greatest civil rights victory since 1964. Eskridge's book...has much to teach us about both the principles and the logistics of civil rights in the 21st century."-The Gay & Lesbian Review July/August 2002.

"Eskridge's Equality Practice is a truly excellent book--informative, well written, and broad in scope and inquiry while maintaining a clear argument. It nicely integrates global, historical, and contemporary legal and political perspectives. It is hard to imagine the person who would not learn anything from reading it."--The Law and Politics Book Review/July 2002

"The most compelling and original analysis to date of the social meaning and politics of gay marriage. This book is, quire simply, the place to begin and return to as many of us try to understand and formulate a response to debates about gay marriage. A tour de force of scholarship and political reasonableness on a subject that divides virtually all Americans."--Steven Seidman, Professor of Sociology, SUNY Albany

"A rigorous, spirited, and ingenious defense of Vermont's novel civil union law."--Robin West, Professor of Law, Georgetown University

"This lucid, literate and absorbing book guides readers through the conflict of communitarian and liberal ideals as they clash over the issues raised by same-sex unions, marriage and domestic life. Eskridge does a remarkable job presenting dense legal, ethical, political and religious arguments in a lively and thoroughly engaging manner. Equality Practice is an essential book, immensely relevant and thought provoking."--Urvashi Vaid, author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415930731
• ISBN 13: 9780415930734
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300