Going to Strasbourg : an oral history of sexual orientation discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights /
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| Author / Creator: | Johnson, Paul (Paul James) |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016. ©2016 |
| Description: | xviii, 216 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10907013 |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Introduction
- Outline of the Book
- Part 1. Legal History
- 1. Sexual Orientation Discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights: A Sodo-Legal Analysis of Applications against the UK
- Setting the Context; Homosexuality, the UK, and the Strasbourg Organs
- Laying the Foundations of 'Gay Rights' in the 1970s
- Homosexuality and obscenity
- The 'age of consent'
- The breakthrough: 'Homosexual practices... amount to fundamental human rights'
- Pioneering Complaints and Outright Rejections in the 1980s
- Challenging the partial decriminalization of male homosexual acts
- Same-sex couples and 'family life'
- Homosexuality and blasphemy
- Evolving 'Gay Rights' in the 1990s
- The battle over the 'age of consent' resumes
- 'Not every aspect of private life automatically qualifies for protection under the Convention'
- Private life and 'group sex'
- The Armed Forces
- The Declining Significance of Strasbourg for "Gay Rights' in the UK since 2000
- Partnership and marriage rights
- Immigration and asylum
- Conclusion
- Part 2. Oral History
- 2. The Criminal Law
- Dudgeon v the United Kingdom (1976-1983)
- Jeffrey Dudgeon MBE
- R.D. v the United Kingdom (1982-1984)
- Richard Desmond
- Wilde, Greenhalgh and Parry v the United Kingdom (1993-1995)
- Ralph Wade
- Hugo Greenhalgh
- Will Parry
- Sutherland v the United Kingdom (1994-2001)
- Euan Sutherland
- 3. The Armed Forces
- Lustig-Prean and Beckett v the United Kingdom (1996-2000)
- Duncan Lustig-Prean
- Smith and Grady v the United Kingdom (1996-2000)
- Graeme Grady
- Perkins and R. v the United Kingdom (1998-2002)
- Terence Perkins
- Emma Riley
- Beck, Copp and Bazeley v the United Kingdom (1999-2002)
- Kevin Bazeley
- 4. Family Life
- Simpson v the United Kingdom (1985-1986)
- Mary Simpson
- Parry v the United Kingdom (2005-2006)
- Wena Parry
- Courten v the United Kingdom (2006-2008)
- Andrew Courten
- J.M. v the United Kingdom (2006-2010)
- J.M.
- 5. Legal Professionals and Campaigners
- William Nash on X.v the United Kingdom (1975-1979) and Going to Strasbourg in the 1970s
- Nigel Warner on Going to Strasbourg in the 1980s
- Angela Mason on Going to Strasbourg in the 1990s
- Robert Wintemute on Third Party Interventions in Strasbourg since 2000
- Part 3. Sociological Analysis
- 6. Expectations, Motivations, and Outcomes: A Thematic Analysis of the Oral Histories
- Context, Motivation, and Aspiration
- The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
- Interactions with Law and Legal Representatives
- Media Attention and Family Support
- Expectations of Strasbourg
- The Effect of Making a Complaint to Strasbourg
- The Future Relationship between the UK and the Convention System
- Appendix 1. A Note on Method
- The Research Idea
- Selecting and Finding the Participants
- Conducting the Interviews
- Producing the Oral History Accounts
- Appendix 2. List of Oral History Interviews
- Appendix 3. Chronological List of Decisions and Judgments of the Strasbourg Organs in Respect of Cases against the UK Relating to Discrimination on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation
- Index
