Lesbian and gay families: Legal perspectives

Changing Family Values

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 77-97

  O’Donnell, Kath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203479582-8     Document Type: Chapter

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