The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond

This book analyses the key issues affecting same-sex families in Ireland and beyond today: marriage; formalised and non-formalised same-sex relationships outside of marriage; parental rights for same-sex couples with donor-conceived or surrogate-born children; and the protections afforded to same-sex families under European human rights law.

It critically examines the Irish and Australian citizen-led approaches to achieving marriage equality, which made Ireland and Australia the first and se...