Judging Morality: Sexual Behavior and Legal Consequences in the Late Nineteenth-Century South.
| Autor: | Berry, Mary Frances |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of American History; Dec91, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p835-856, 22p |
| Abstrakt: | Discusses the legal consequences of sexual behavior in the U.S. Dispensation of justice in localities; Prohibition of interracial marriage; Three purposes of seduction damage claims and criminal actions; Attitude of the appellate judges toward intraracial fornication; Judges' disinterest in punishing male sexual behavior and their commitment to maintaining patterns of racial and gender deference. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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