{"product_id":"sex-and-the-constitution-geoffrey-r-stone-9781631494284","title":"Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century","description":"Lauded for \"bringing a bracing and much-needed dose of reality about the Founders' views of sexuality\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e), Geoffrey R. Stone's \u003cem\u003eSex and the Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e traces the evolution of legal and moral codes that have legislated sexual behavior from America's earliest days to today's fractious political climate. This \"fascinating and maddening\" (\u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e) narrative shows how agitators, moralists, and, especially, the justices of the Supreme Court have navigated issues as divisive as abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and contraception. Overturning a raft of contemporary shibboleths, Stone reveals that at the time the Constitution was adopted there were no laws against obscenity or abortion before the midpoint of pregnancy. A pageant of historical characters, including Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson, Anthony Comstock, Margaret Sanger, and Justice Anthony Kennedy, enliven this \"commanding synthesis of scholarship\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) that dramatically reveals how our laws about sex, religion, and morality reflect the cultural schisms that have cleaved our nation from its founding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey R. Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631494287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631494284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Geoffrey R. Stone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995130626303,"sku":"9781631494284","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a88e8c69-0216-4cb5-9648-c629cf264ac1.jpg?v=1683334007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-and-the-constitution-geoffrey-r-stone-9781631494284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}