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Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas
Flagrant Conduct The Story of Lawrence v Texas
Author: Dale Carpenter
One of the most groundbreaking works of gay history since And the Band Played On and Gay New York. Equal parts investigative legal history and compelling detective tale, Flagrant Conduct is the still-untold story of Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark Supreme Court decision that promises to be the Bro...  more » of gay rights. From the 1998 arrest of Houston defendants John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, charged with sodomy in Lawrence's own bedroom, to the stirring Supreme Court ruling five years later, Flagrant Conduct is an insightful work of formidable scholarship. Drawing from dozens of new interviews that yield surprising new evidence, Dale Carpenter reexamines the motives of almost every character involved, from the arresting police officers to the brilliant gay-rights attorneys, whose maneuverings brought the case to national attention, to the nine Supreme Court justices whose predispositions are on full display. With the legal battle over gay marriage looming, this first complete history of the case, which expanded the legal rights of millions of gay and lesbian Americans, could not be timelier. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780393062083
ISBN-10: 0393062082
Publication Date: 8/22/2011
Pages: 352
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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