From the Closet to the Courtroom Paperback by Carlos A. Ball

Product Details

• Publisher: Beacon Press (2011-05-10)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 296 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780807001530
• Item Weight: 442.26 grams
• Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.74 cm

Engaging and largely untold, From the Closet to the Courtroom explores how five pivotal lawsuits have altered LGBT history. Beginning each case narrative at the center—with the litigants and their lawyers—law professor Carlos Ball follows the stories behind each crucial lawsuit. He traces the parties from their communities to the courtroom, while deftly weaving in rich sociohistorical context and analyzing the lasting legal and political impact of each judicial outcome.

About the Author

Carlos A. Ball is professor of law at the Rutgers Uni­versity School of Law (Newark). He has written exten­sively on LGBT rights issues, is the author of The Morality of Gay Rights, and has received a Dukeminier Award from UCLA’s Williams Institute for excellence in sexual orientation and the law scholarship. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.