Transforming law's family :: the legal recognition of planned lesbian motherhood /

"In the past few decades, gays and lesbians, along with their families, have become more visible members of Canadian society, enjoying increasing levels of legal recognition. In the area of legal parenthood, however, significant questions remain unanswered. In Transforming Law's Family, Fi...

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1. Verfasser: Kelly, Fiona (Dean of La Trobe University Law School, Victoria, Australia)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
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Zusammenfassung:"In the past few decades, gays and lesbians, along with their families, have become more visible members of Canadian society, enjoying increasing levels of legal recognition. In the area of legal parenthood, however, significant questions remain unanswered. In Transforming Law's Family, Fiona Kelly explores the complex issues encountered by planned lesbian families as they work to define their parental rights, roles, and family structures within the tenets of family law. While Canadian courts recognize lesbian parenthood in some circumstances, a number of issues that are largely unique to planned lesbian families--such as the legal status of known sperm donors and non-biological mothers--persist. Drawing on interviews with lesbian mothers, this groundbreaking book illuminates the changing definitions of family and suggests a model for law reform that would enable the legal recognition of alternative forms of parentage. The first empiricle study in Canada to address the legal dimensions of planned lesbian families, this book makes an important contribution to family law, queer studies, and law reform literature"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 213 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
ISBN:9780774819657
0774819650
1283245558
9781283245555
ISSN:1496-4953

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