Overview

This book identifies, analyses and discusses the nexus of legal issues that have emerged in recent years around sexuality and gender. It audits these against specific human rights requirements and evaluates the outcomes as evidenced in the legislation and caselaw of six leading common law jurisdictions. Beginning with a snapshot of the legal definitions and sanctions associated with the traditional marital family unit, the book examines the subsequently evolving key concepts and constructs before outlining the contemporary international framework of human rights as it relates to matters of sexuality and gender. It proceeds by identifying a set of themes, including the rights to identity, to form a family, to privacy, to equality and to non-discrimination, and undertakes a comparative evaluation of how these and other themes indicate areas of commonality and difference in the approaches adopted in those common law jurisdictions, as illustrated by the associated legislation and caselaw. It then considers why this should be and assesses the implications.

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Author:   Kerry O'Halloran (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781138337060

ISBN 10:   1138337064
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   04 November 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Background; Chapter 1 - Sexuality and Gender: the Traditional Legal Definitions; Chapter 2 - Human Rights, Sexuality and Gender: Contemporary Interpretations; Chapter 3 - The International Legal Framework and Intersect Themes: Human Rights, Sexuality and Gender; Part II: Law, Policy & Practice; Chapter 4 - England & Wales; Chapter 5 - Ireland; Chapter 6 - USA; Chapter 7 - Canada; Chapter 8 - Australia; Chapter 9 - New Zealand; Part III: Evaluation; Chapter 10 - Themes of Commonality and Difference; Conclusion;

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Kerry O'Halloran is a lawyer, social worker and academic who has, for the past 13 years, been Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

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