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Adultery : Infidelity and the Law / Deborah L. Rhode.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) : 1 mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674969742
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF9435 .R48 2016
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Legal History -- 3. The American Legal Landscape -- 4. Sex in the Military -- 5. Alternative Lifestyles -- 6. Sex and Politics -- 7. International Perspectives -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Despite declining prohibitions on sexual relationships, Americans are nearly unanimous in condemning marital infidelity. Deborah Rhode explores why. She exposes the harms that criminalizing adultery inflicts—including civil lawsuits, job termination, and loss of child custody—and makes a case for repealing laws against adultery and polygamy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Legal History -- 3. The American Legal Landscape -- 4. Sex in the Military -- 5. Alternative Lifestyles -- 6. Sex and Politics -- 7. International Perspectives -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Despite declining prohibitions on sexual relationships, Americans are nearly unanimous in condemning marital infidelity. Deborah Rhode explores why. She exposes the harms that criminalizing adultery inflicts—including civil lawsuits, job termination, and loss of child custody—and makes a case for repealing laws against adultery and polygamy.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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