"Gender is no substitute for sex": A comparative human rights analysis of the legal regulation of sexual identity

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-96

  Cowan, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canadian Charter; Gender; Human rights; Sex; Transgender transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644457889     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-005-1457-2     Document Type: Review

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