Gay Families and the Courts

Gay Families and the Courts

Author: Susan Gluck Mezey

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 0742562190

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 279

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This book makes a unique contribution to the study of gay rights politics by assessing the laws and policies governing the rights of gay children and gay families. The focus of the analysis will be on decision-making by state and lower federal courts_the very courts where the bulk of these questions are likely to be resolved.
Gay Families and the Courts
Language: en
Pages: 279

Gay Families and the Courts

Authors: Susan Gluck Mezey
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

This book makes a unique contribution to the study of gay rights politics by assessing the laws and policies governing the rights of gay children and gay families. The focus of the analysis will be on decision-making by state and lower federal courts_the very courts where the bulk of these
Homosexuality in the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India
Language: en
Pages: 221

Homosexuality in the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India

Authors: Yeshwant Naik
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-07 - Publisher: Springer

The book analyses the Indian Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on homosexuality, its current approach and how its position has evolved in the past ten years. It critically analyses the Court’s landmark judgments and its perception of equality, family, marriage and human rights from an international perspective. With the help of European
The Right to Be Parents
Language: en
Pages: 248

The Right to Be Parents

Authors: Carlos A. Ball
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-22 - Publisher: NYU Press

"In 1975, California courts stripped a lesbian mother of her custody rights because she was living openly with another woman. Twenty years later, the Virginia Supreme Court did the same thing to another lesbian mother. In ordering that children be separated from their mothers, these courts ruled that it was
Gay Families and the Courts
Language: en
Pages: 290

Gay Families and the Courts

Authors: Susan Gluck Mezey
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-16 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Susan Gluck Mezey's newest book, Gay Families and the Courts, is a compelling examination of the role of the state and federal courts in furthering the goals of the gay and lesbian community. Unlike Mezey's earlier book, Queers in Court, this book evaluates the extent to which litigation is effective
Taking Responsibility, Law and the Changing Family
Language: en
Pages: 322

Taking Responsibility, Law and the Changing Family

Authors: Heather Keating
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-01 - Publisher: Routledge

This volume considers the impact that changing family norms have had on the responsibilities that the law allocates to people in family relationships. Contributions are drawn from a wide variety of jurisdictions in which scholars, lawyers, judges and policy-makers have been trying to discern what the appropriate correlation should be