Adultery: Infidelity and the Law

by Deborah L Rhode and Deborah L. Rhode

Book Overview

At a time when legal and social prohibitions on sexual relationships are declining, Americans are still nearly unanimous in their condemnation of adultery. Over 90 percent disapprove of cheating on a spouse. In her comprehensive account of the legal and social consequences of infidelity, Deborah Rhode explores why. She exposes the harms that criminalizing adultery inflicts, and she makes a compelling case for repealing adultery laws and prohibitions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674659554
• ISBN13: 9780674659551
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"