Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. See our review for fuller assessment. Review Summaries Source Rating Date Reviewer National Law Journal . The law is a revealing and fascinating subject, an often odd reflection of society.
People make law, enforce it, ignore it, forget, amend it.
Answers are not quite as easy as one might think. That sex is a complicated subject is evident merely from the seventeen variations on sexual conduct examined in this volume. Chapters on bestiality, necrophilia, incest, public nudity, and age of consent suggest that there are public policy issues that are significant here. If adultery is ok then the laws should be stricken from the books, if not then the laws should be enforced. It is, however, a fascinating look at what kind of behaviour is governed by statute, and what sort of exceptions there are.