Eskridge’s primary legal academic interest is statutory interpretation. From 1990-95, he represented a gay couple suing for recognition of their same-sex marriage. Since then, he has published a casebook, three monographs, and dozens of law review articles articulating a legal and political framework for state treatment of sexual and gender minorities.
The historical materials in his book, “Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet” (Harvard, 1999) formed the basis for an amicus brief that he drafted for the Cato Institute and for much of the dissenting opinion in the 2003 Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas, which invalidated consensual sodomy laws. His most recent book is “Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse?” (Oxford, 2006) with Darren Spedale.
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