The Homosexual Exception? The Case of the Labouchère Amendment

The Labouchère amendment is often regarded as the piece of British legislation that criminalized male homosexuality. Indeed, while before it was passed, only sodomy had been a criminal offence, this amendment extended the scope of the criminal law by making a misdemeanour ‘the commission of or procu...

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Main Author: William Fize
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2020-06-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/7597
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