Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships: A Study of National, European and International Law

Same sex relationships - an Australian perspective on a global issue, The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, High Court of Australia. Part 1 Theoretical perspectives: introduction - theoretical perspectives, David A.J. Richards; same-sex partnerships and arguments of justice, Nicholas Bamforth; the limitations of liberal neutrality arguments in favour of same-sex marriage, Chai R. Feldblum; like counting stars? re-structuring equality and the socio-legal space of same-sex marriage, Davina Cooper; recognition, rights, regulation, normalisation - rhetorics of justification in the same-sex marriage debate, Janet Halley; the ideological structure of the same-sex marriage debate (and some postmodern arguments for same-sex marriage), William N. Eskridge. Part 2 National law - United States: legal recognition of same-sex partners under US state or local law, Arthur S. Leonard; lesbian and gay couples raising children - the law in the United States, Nancy D. Polikoff; the Hawaii marriage case launches the US freedom-to-marry movement for equality, Evan Wolfson; the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in the United States of America, Mary L. Bonauto). Part 2 National law - Canada: introduction - same-sex partnerships in Canada, The Hon. Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dube, Supreme Court of Canada; any two persons in Canada's lotusland, British Colombia, Donald G. Casswell; becoming "persons" in Canadian law - genuine equality or "separate but equal?", Kathleen A. Lahey. Part 2 National law - Africa, Australasia and Latin America: politics, partnership rights and the constitution in South Africa (and the problem of sexual identity), Craig Lind; let them eat cake and ice cream - wanting something "more" from the relationship recognition menu, Jenni Millbank and Wayne Morgan; the New Zealand same-sex marriage case - from Aotearoa to the United Nations, Nigel Christie; Brazil's proposed "civil unions between persons of the same sex" - legislative inaction and judicial reactions, Marcelo Dealtry Turra. Part 2 National law - Asia and the Middle East: towards legal protection for same-sex partnerships in Japan - from the perspective of gay and lesbian identity, Akitoshi Yanagihashi; contextualising the same-sex erotic relationship - post-colonial Tongzhi and political discourse on marriage law in Hong Kong and mainland China, Chiu Man-Chung (Andy Chiu); same-sex partnerships and Indian law - climate for a change, Poonam Saxena; challenges to compulsory heterosexuality - recognition and non-recognition of same-sex couples in Israeli law, Aeyal M. Gross. Part 2 National law - Europe: the Danish Registered Partnership Act 1989 - has the act meant a change in attitudes?, Ingrid Lund-Andersen; "from society's point of view, cohabitation between two persons of the same sex is a perfectly acceptable form of family life" - a Swedish story of love and legislation, Hans Ytterberg; (Part Contents).