Ackermann J
exception of Tasmania), New Zealand and Canada.
[53]An exception to this trend is the United States of America, as illustrated by the judgment of the Supreme Court in Bowers v Hardwick.[1] In this case, a sharply divided Court, by a majority of five to four, declared itself unpersuaded that the sodomy laws of some 25 states should be invalidated.
- ↑ 478 US 186 (1986).
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