Current Trends in the Regulation of Same-Sex Relationships

This volume focuses on same-sex relationships and contains articles on:

the historical context of the same-sex marriage debate in Australia;

the approaches taken to achieve same-sex marriage internationallly in the past decade and the factors which have been influential;

the particular case of South Africa, which has legislated a right to same-sex marriage despite the country's conservative and oppressive history;

the geographical spread of same-sex couples in Australia, including variations by gender and by dependent children;

lesbian and gay foster carers in Australia;

the best interest of children; and

the 'pull and push' effect in the relationshp between law and society in the achievement of law reform.