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