American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family : Obergefell V. Hodges and U. S. V. Windsor in Context.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Defending the Christian Idea of Marriage Today -- 2 The Household and the City in Classical Political Philosophy and in John Witte, Jr.'s Account of the History of Western Jurisprudence -- 3 The Triumph of the Right of Intimate Association -- 4 Free and Happy Bonds -- 5 On the Marriage of Dred Scott -- 6 Back to the Future -- 7 Sterilization, Reproductive Rights, and the Ninth Amendment -- 8 Limited Government and the Family -- 9 Liberalism, the Family, and the Right to Privacy -- 10 Obergefell v. Hodges and the Privacy Doctrine -- 11 Democracy in Justice Kennedy's America -- 12 Parenthood and Procreation -- 13 Does the Law and the Constitution of the Family Have to Change? -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This volume examines the Supreme Court's rulings in U.S. v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges in light of its earlier rulings while also incorporating several prominent accounts of marriage and the family from the history of political philosophy.

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