Heterosexuality as a legal regime

The Cambridge History of Law in America Volume 3: The Twentieth Century and After (1920-)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 442-471

  Canaday, Margot ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CHOL9780521803076.014     Document Type: Chapter

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