Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State - Sodomy Provisions and Gay Rights Across Nations and Over Time

A comparative examination of the political, historical, legal, and religious antecedents of penalties and discrimination against sexual minority groups around the world.

About the author

Victor Asal is Chair of Public Administration and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York and the coauthor (with Paul G. Harwood) of Educating the First Digital Generation. Udi Sommer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and a member of both the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center and Israeli Young Academy. He is the author of Supreme Court Agenda Setting: Strategic Behavior During Case Selection.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Asal, Victor Sommer Asal, Victor/ Sommer Asal, Asal Victor, Udi Sommer, Sommer Udi
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781438463247
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-6324-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 248 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Criminal law & procedure, Comparative Politics, Gay Studies (Gay Men), SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, Criminal law: procedure and offences, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics