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Courts and LGBTQ+ rights in an age of judicial retrenchment /

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A comparative study of the United States, India, and Hong Kong, this book explores how courts often use LGBTQ+ rights to demonstrate their rhetorical commitment to liberal and global constitutionalism, even as their judgments fall short of, or even undermine, those ideals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abeyratne, Rehan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Oxford comparative constitutionalism.
Subjects:
Sexual minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > China > Hong Kong.
Sexual minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > India.
Sexual minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Appellate courts.
Sexual rights > China > Hong Kong.
Sexual rights > India.
Sexual rights > United States.
Comparative law.
Droits sexuels > Inde.
Droits sexuels > États-Unis.
Droit comparé.
Droits sexuels > Chine > Hongkong.
Cours d'appel.
Civil Rights.
LAW.
Comparative.
LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ civil rights.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A comparative study of the United States, India, and Hong Kong, this book explores how courts often use LGBTQ+ rights to demonstrate their rhetorical commitment to liberal and global constitutionalism, even as their judgments fall short of, or even undermine, those ideals.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257) and index.
ISBN:9780191995040
0191995045
9780198888284
0198888287
9780198888291
0198888295