Swallows and amazons, or the sporting exception to the gender recognition act

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-57

  McArdle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender recognition; Human rights; Law; Sport; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949144489     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663907086455     Document Type: Article

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