Table of Contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Earlier Civil Rights Movements: Lessons to Be Learned, 2. Lawyers, Legal Theories, and Litigation Strategy, 3. Public Rights: 1950-1985, 4. Private Rights: 1950-1985, 5. When Private Becomes Public: Coupling in the Public Sphere, 1950-1985, 6. Bowers v. Hardwick, 7. Public Sphere Rights Post-Bowers v. Hardwick, 8. Private Sphere Rights Post-Bowers v. Hardwick, 9. Public Recognition of Private Relationships Post-Bowers v. Hardwick, 10. Conclusion, Table of Cases, Bibliography, Index

About the Author

Patricia A. Cain is professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law. She received her A.B. from Vassar College and her J.D. from the University of Georgia. She teaches courses in federal taxation, wills and estates, property, sexual orientation and the law, and feminist legal history.