Courting change: Queer parents, judges, and the transformation of American Family Law

Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-265

  Richman, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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