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Adultery

Infidelity and the Law

Deborah L. Rhode

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ISBN 9780674659551

Publication Date: 03/14/2016

272 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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1. Introduction
2. Legal History
3. The American Legal Landscape
4. Sex in the Military
5. Alternative Lifestyles
6. Sex and Politics
7. International Perspectives
8. Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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Read an excerpt from Adultery at Salon
Read Deborah Rhode’s Los Angeles Times essay calling on states to drop adultery statutes, since even the most conservative of voters no longer consider the Biblical sin a dealbreaker for suitability to hold public office
At Politico, read Professor Rhode and other legal scholars’ responses to the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Read a Times Higher Education interview with Rhode
At The Daily Beast, read Professor Rhode’s call for American states—21 of them—to dump the outdated adultery statutes still on their books

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