Thursday, June 1, 2006

NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service - "Legal Recognition of Same Sex Relationships" by Karian Anthony & Talian Drabsch


The legal recognition of same sex relationships in New South Wales continues to elicit much debate. This paper explores the various relationship recognition models; the development of same sex relationship recognition in NSW; parenting issues; the definition of marriage and the development of the law on marriage in Australia; issues relating to children; relevant provisions of international treaties; recognition of same sex relationships in other states and territories; approaches to the law on adoption and assisted reproductive technology; the legal treatment of same sex marriage in Canada, Europe, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America; human rights and equal opportunity issues in Australia; the arguments for and against same sex marriage; the arguments for and against same sex parenting; and access to assisted reproductive technologies.

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