Lesbian (out)law : survival under the rule of law /

"Lesbians are both outside the law and within it. Lesbians are always under the rule of law, under the rule of men. As les-bian legal theory, Ruthann Robson--author of Cecile and The Eye of A Hurricane, and an attorney on the faculty of the CUNY Law School--asks the question: How can lesbians u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robson, Ruthann, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Firebrand Books, [1992]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Law, theory, and lesbianism
  • Developing lesbian legal theory
  • Outlaws
  • Searching for a past
  • Crimes of lesbian sex
  • Privacy
  • Sexual privacy
  • Public exposure
  • The regulation of lesbianism
  • Discourses of discrimination
  • Lesbians and the military
  • Lesbians and immigration
  • Lesbians and prison
  • Lesbian relationships
  • Lesbians as lovers
  • Lesbians with children
  • Lesbians and violence
  • The violence against us
  • The violence among us
  • Lesbian change/legal change
  • Mediation and alternative dispute resolution
  • Lesbian legal workers.