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Law And Sexuality
The ''Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality'' is a student-edited law review published by Tulane University Law School, and is the official law journal for the National LGBT Bar Association. It was the first law journal to solely discuss legal issues concerning the LGBTQ+ community in the United States, and continues to publish the winning article of the annual Michael Greenberg Writing Competition. The journal has published works involving constitutional, employment, family, healthcare, insurance and military law among other topics intersecting with sexuality. History and membership The journal was established in 1991 as ''Law & Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian and Gay Legal Issues,'' becoming the first legal publication dedicated solely to analysis of LGBTQ+ issues. In 1997, its title was amended to ''Law & Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Legal Issues''. In 2012, the journal obtained its current title, ''Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality: A Review of Sexu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex And The Law
Sex and the law deals with the regulation by law of human sexual activity. Sex laws vary from one place or jurisdiction to another, and have varied over time. Unlawful sexual acts are called sex crimes. Some laws regarding sexual activity are intended to protect one or all participants, while others are intended to proscribe behavior that has been defined as a crime. For example, a law may proscribe unprotected sex if one person knows that they have a sexual disease or to protect a minor; or it may proscribe non-consensual sex. In general, laws may proscribe acts which are considered either sexual abuse or behavior that societies consider to be inappropriate and against the social norms. Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual contact between two or more adults or two or more minors, and, depending on laws with regard to age of consent, sexual contact between an adult and a minor. Definitions Sex crimes are forms of human sexual behavior that are considered sufficiently unacceptable a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |