Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State: Sodomy Provisions and Gay Rights across Nations and over Time

by Udi Sommer and Victor Asal

Bringing together theoretical perspectives from both comparative politics and public law, this book examines the reasons why certain countries criminalize same-sex activities while others have carved into law the requirement that sexual minority communities be protected. The authors break new ground by using cross-national yearly data over decades-focusing on sodomy laws, death penalty provisions for same-sex sexual relations, and sexual discrimination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438463235
• ISBN13: 9781438463230
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"