Same-Sex relationships and beyond
gender matters in the EU
- ISBN: 9781780684475
- Editorial: Intersentia Ltd.
- Fecha de la edición: 2017
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge . Reino Unido
- Edición número: 3rd ed.
- Colección: European Family Law Series
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 248
- Idiomas: Inglés
The legal status of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has undergone significant changes in several countries, but remains highly complex and difficult for those affected. Although same-sex partners may have the right to marry or enter into a registered partnership in one Member State, this legal relationship may not be recognised when they exercise their right to freedom of movement. The same is true for certain parent-child relationships, which may be recognised as such in one Member State but not another.This book explores the challenges and controversies concerning the recognition of same-sex relationships throughout the EU through the lens of EU legislation, the case law of the CJEU and ECtHR, and recent national developments. Fol-lowing the Irish referendum and the recent ECtHR judgment in Oliari v Italy, more changes are expected in the near future.The opening part of the book describes the current state of play in all EU Mem-ber States (and beyond) when formalising a same-sex relationship, 'steady pro-gress' being the key term in describing the developments in many countries (with the exception of six Eastern European states that object to legislation in this field).
