Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain by Upchurch, Charles
Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain by Upchurch, Charles

Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain

In nineteenth-century England, sodomy was punishable by death; even an accusation could damage a man's reputation for...
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Author: Charles Upchurch
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Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain by Upchurch, Charles

Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain

CHF 65.69
Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain by Upchurch, Charles

Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain

CHF 65.69
Author: Charles Upchurch
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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In nineteenth-century England, sodomy was punishable by death; even an accusation could damage a man's reputation for life. The last executions for this private, consensual act were in 1835, but the effort to change the law that allowed for those executions was intense and precarious, and not successful until 1861. In this groundbreaking book, "Beyond the Law," noted historian Charles Upchurch pieces together fragments from history and uses a queer history methodology to recount the untold story of the political process through which the law allowing for the death penalty for sodomy was almost ended in 1841.

Upchurch recounts the legal and political efforts of reformers like Jeremy Bentham and Lord John Russell--the latter of whom argued that the death penalty for sodomy was "beyond the law and above the law." He also reveals that a same-sex relationship linked the families of the two men responsible for co-sponsoring the key legislation. By recovering the various ethical, religious, and humanitarian arguments against punishing sodomy, "Beyond the Law" overturns longstanding assumptions of nineteenth-century British history. Upchurch demonstrates that social change came from an amalgam of reformist momentum, family affection, elitist politics, class privilege, enlightenment philosophy, and personal desires.



Author: Charles Upchurch
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 10/15/2021
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.03h x 3.23w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781439920343

About the Author

Charles Upchurch is an Associate Professor of British History at Florida State University and the author of Before Wilde: Sex between Men in Britain's age of Reform.


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