Flagrant Conduct The Story of Lawrence Versus Texas

Name: Flagrant Conduct The Story of Lawrence Versus Texas
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ISBN: 9780393062083

ISBN-10: 0393062082

ISBN-13: 9780393062083

Edition: 2012

Authors: Dale Carpenter

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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 Brown v. Board 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…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/12/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.60" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English