(When) are rights wrong? Rights discourses and indeterminacy in gay and lesbian parents' custody cases

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-176

  Richman, Kimberly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 19844368028     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430360     Document Type: Review

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