SEXUALITY AND THE LAW (2 OR 3) (CON120)

Professors Doni Gerwirtzman and Arthur Leonard

Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has increasingly occupied the attention of legislatures, courts, government officials, employers, the business community, and other policy makers. This course provides a grounding in the constitutional and statutory principles underlying this area of law, with an emphasis on the First and Fourteenth Amendments, parallel provisions in state constitutions, and statutory law in the areas of discrimination (employment, housing, public accommodation and services), criminal law, and domestic relations.