Chalupný, Emanuel.

[TWO WORKS BY AN EARLY CZECH CHAMPION OF LGBT RIGHTS] Sociologie. Díl třetí, Skladba (statika) [Sociology. Volume three, Structure (Statics)]. WITH: O otázce populační a reformě trestního práva [On the population question and the reform of criminal law].

Prague: self-published, 1937 and Prague: self-published, 1929. Octavos (24 × 16 and 23 × 15.3 cm respectively). Original printed wrappers on gray and orange stock; 263 and 40 pp. respectively. The first volume signed and inscribed to the politician František Havelka by the author. Very good; the second pamphlet with minor wear to wrappers only. Item #55832

Two scarce works by Emanuel Chalupný (1879–1958), a Czech sociologist, lawyer, and writer from Tábor, who authored the first systematic Czech work on sociology. Often a controversial figure and later considered a "misogynist" by the Czechoslovak Communists, Chalupný articulated views during the First Republic that were ahead of their time, including criticism of the legal treatment of same-sex acts and relationships, as well as of Czechoslovak abortion laws. In both cases, he was in favor of repealing and reforming the respective paragraphs of Czechoslovak criminal law, §129 and §144. One of the volumes is inscribed to Czech ministerial counselor František Havelka by the author.

As of July 2026, neither work can be traced outside the Czech Republic via KVK, OCLC.

Price: €250.00

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