<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
There are still spaces available in SS116 Queer Cases, a course on the
legal regulation of sexualities that will introduce students to legal
reasoning and the process of fashioning legal arguments and judicial
opinions on controversial issues. It will explore judicial
interpretation of constitutional and human rights and the processes of
creating and reworking legal doctrines in changing social contexts.<br>
<br>
Description from Hampshire course catalog:<br>
<br>
<b>SS 116 Queer Cases</b> Wed and Fri 10:30 am to 11:50 am <br>
Prof. Flavio Risech<br>
<br>
Until very recently, laws criminalizing consensual sex between adult
same-gender partners were common in the U.S. Most states and the
Federal government prohibit same-sex marriage and exclude nonconforming
couples and individuals from a host of social and financial benefits.
And those whose gender identity is unclear or transgressive face
numerous legal indignities. Legal control over sexuality and gender
expression is pervasive in many ways, and many forms of resistance have
emerged to challenge its normative assumptions. Public confrontations
between the values of traditional sexual morality, and those of
individual autonomy and equality, often take place in the legal arena.
By reading key cases that reflect and shape our debates about the
proper place of the State in queer people's bedrooms and lives, we will
also gain basic familiarity with legal analysis and seek to understand
the law as a system of power. <br>
</body>
</html>