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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships: A Study of National European and International Law by Foreword by The Hon. Justice Edwin Cameron Edited by Robert Wintemute Edited by Mads Andenas
Should same-sex couples be permitted to marry? Or should a separate institution of registered partnership or civil union be created for them? Or should the rights and duties of unmarried different-sex couples be extended to them? Should they be allowed to adopt each others children or jointly adopt an unrelated child? How should they be treated with regard to employment social security pensions housing immigration taxation inheritance and divorce? These questions are being debated around the world as lesbian gay bisexual and transgendered persons increasingly (but not uniformly) insist that they cannot be truly equal without equal treatment for the loving and lasting relationships they form with their partners. In Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships an international team of scholars examines both theoretical issues and the wide variety of legal developments in the United States Canada Brazil thirteen European countries Israel South Africa India Japan China Australia and New Zealand as well as under European Community and European Convention law and United Nations human rights law.show more