Edward Stein

Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Professor of Law and Director of the Gertrud Mainzer Program in Family Law, Policy, and Bioethics

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Evaluating the Sex Discrimination Argument for Lesbian and Gay Rights

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Evaluating the Sex Discrimination Argument for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Cardozo Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 43
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Jan 2002 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2015
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Evaluating the Sex-Discrimination Argument for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Sep 2000
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Born that Way? Not a Choice?: Problems with Biological and Psychological Arguments for Gay Rights

Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 223
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 10 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2008
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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immutability, sexual orientation, gay rights, genetics, biology, psychology

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Introducing Lawrence V. Texas: Some Background and a Glimpse of the Future

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Mar 2004
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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The Story of Goodridge V. Department of Public Health: The Bumpy Road to Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 169
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Oct 2006
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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family law, same-sex marriage

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Queers Anonymous: Lesbians, Gay Men, Free Speech, and Cyber Space

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 12 Jan 2003
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Sexual Orientations, Rights, and the Body: Immutability, Essentialism, and Nativism

Social Research: An International Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 633-658, Summer 2011
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Sep 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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immutability, gay rights, sexual orientation

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Plural Marriage, Group Marriage and Immutability in Obergefell v. Hodges and Beyond

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2016, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 488
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jun 2016
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Obergefell, same-sex marriage, gender equality, family law, equal protection, gay rights, polygamy, plural marriage, group marriage

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Marriage or Liberation?: Reflections on Two Strategies in the Struggle for Lesbian and Gay Rights and Relationship Recognition

Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 61, pp. 567-593, 2009
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Choosing the Sexual Orientation of Children

Bioethics, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1998
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Sep 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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sexual orientation, bioethics, genetic screening

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Dealing with DOMA: Federal Non-Recognition Complicates State Income Taxation of Same-Sex Relationships

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2012, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 375
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2012
Carlton M. Smith and Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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marriage, tax, gay, lesbian, state income tax, DOMA, same-sex marriage

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Précis of "The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory and Ethics of Sexual Orientation"

Law and Philosophy, Vol. 21, pp. 305-316, 2002
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Adultery, Infidelity, and Consensual Non-Monogamy

Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 583, Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 55, 2020
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 12 May 2020
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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adultery, infidelity, monogamy, consensual non-monogamy, sex, marriage

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The Ethics of Genetic Research on Sexual Orientation

Hastings Center Report, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 6-13, 1997
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Udo Schuklenk, Edward Stein, Jacinta Kerin and William Byne
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Unaffiliated Authors and Unaffiliated Authors
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homosexuality, origin, ethics, sexual orientation, genetics

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Can We Be Justified in Believing that Humans are Irrational?

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 545-565, September 1997
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Not Too Separate or Unequal: Marriage Penalty Relief after Obergefell

Washington Law Review, Vol. 91, 2016, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 489
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jun 2016
Mitchell L. Engler and Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Obergefell, same-sex marriage, gender equality, family law, equal protection, gay rights, tax, joint tax returns

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The 'Accidental Procreation' Argument for Withholding Legal Recognition for Same-Sex Relationships

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 84, pp. 403-435, 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Reply to Martha Nussbaum and Ian Hacking

Law and Philosophy, Vol. 21, pp. 349-353, 2002
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Looking Beyond Full Relationship Recognition for Couples Regardless of Sex: Abolition, Alternatives, and/or Functionalism

Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, pp. 345-372, 2010, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 353
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Gender in the Context of Same-Sex Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 585, Rutgers Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Suzanne A. Kim and Edward Stein
Rutgers School of Law - Newark and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Annulment, Custody, Division of Labor, Divorce, Fault Divorce, Same-Sex, Gender, Finances, Marriage, No-Fault Divorce, Parenting, Property Division, Sexual Orientation, Spousal Support, Transgender

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Rationality and Reflective Equilibrium

Synthese, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 137-172, May 1994
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Symposium on Abolishing Civil Marriage: An Introduction

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 27, pp. 1155-1159, 2006
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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How U.S. Family Law Might Deal with Spousal Relationships of Three (or More) People

Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 51, 2020, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 599
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2020
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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marriage; polygamy; polyamory; group marriage; plural marriage; civil union; domestic partnership

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Cordoning Competence: A Reply to Cohen

Synthese, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 177-179, May 1994
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Immutability and Innateness Arguments about Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, 2014, February 2020
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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immutability; sexual orientation; equal protection; innateness; gay rights; LGBT rights

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The Admissibility of Expert Testimony About Cognitive Science Research on Eyewitness Identification

Law, Probability and Risk, Vol. 2, pp. 295-303, 2003
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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Past and Present Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution Regarding Marriage

Posted: 23 Aug 2004
Edward Stein
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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Marriage, Family Law, Gay Rights, Same-Sex Marriage