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Book SynopsisStudies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest edition of this highly successful research series, articles examine a diverse range of legal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. Topics covered include: marriage equality and the demise of civil unions; the LGBTQ community in the 1980s; the landscape of choice regarding reproductive rights and vaccine refusal; the rights of unvaccinated children; a socio-legal framework for understanding the social control of pleasure; and a data re-use and its impact on group identity. This volume brings together leading scholars and will be vital reading for all those researching in this subject area.
Trade ReviewThis year's volume contains four papers from the symposium Health and the Law: Protection, Promotion, Paternalism. They cover reproductive justice, vaccine refusal, and the uneven landscape of choice; rights of the un-vaccinated child; policing pleasure: the socio-legal framework for understanding the social control of desire; and data refusal and the problem of group identity. Two general papers discuss the emergence of marriage equality and the sad demise of civil unions, and "community voices" and "speaking out:" rights talk and the LGBTQ community in the 1980s. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
Table of Contents1. The Emergence of Marriage Equality and the Sad Demise of Civil Unions;
Cyril Ghosh2. Community Voices and Speaking Out: Rights Talk and the LGBTQ Community in the 1980s;
Erin M. Adam 3. Reproductive Justice, Vaccine Refusal, and the Uneven Landscape of Choice;
Jennifer A. Reich 4. Rights of the Unvaccinated Child;
Dorit Rubenstein Reiss 5. Policing Pleasure: A Socio-Legal Framework for Understanding the Social Control of Desire;
Elizabeth Chiarello 6. Data Re-Use and the Problem of Group Identity;
Leslie P. Francis and John G. Francis
