Foreword
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Recent years have seen exciting developments across many jurisdictions as far as the legal recognition of the rights of same-sex couples is concerned. It seems as though—at least in certain parts of the world—a tipping point has been reached in relation to legal recognition and protection for the rights of same-sex couples. These include the right to workplace benefits, the right to have relationships legally recognized and formalized, and the right to marry. Needless to say, there are a great many parts of the world where harsh forms of discrimination against same-sex couples are still enshrined in law and where few or no legal rights are accorded to same-sex couples. On the other hand, there has also been a cascade of reforms in recent years in Europe, in North and South America, and in many parts of the Commonwealth and elsewhere. Many of these reforms have been triggered or developed through litigation and adjudication before national, regional, and international courts and tribunals, and sometimes before several of these. This book is a wonderfully timely and an impressively wide-ranging survey of these judicial developments in the law relating to same-sex couples.
Source Publication
Same-Sex Couples Before National, Supranational and International Jurisdictions
Source Editors/Authors
Daniele Gallo, Luca Paladini, Pietro Pustorino
Publication Date
2014
Recommended Citation
de Búrca, Gráinne, "Foreword" (2014). Faculty Chapters. 319.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/319
