The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond

The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond This book critically analyses how the law has facilitated, or hindered, the recognition of same-sex family formations in Ireland, and how it might be reformed to provide greater parental rights for same-sex couples.The book covers four key issues facing same-sex couples:- Civil partnerships: the first chapter analyses the pragmatic and symbolic effects of registered civil partnership, and compares Irelands decision to discontinue this alternative form of relationship recognition with the UKs recent move towards extending civil partnership laws.- Cohabitation: chapter 2 assesses whether the cohabitation model introduced in Ireland might be effective in other jurisdictions where there are calls for cohabitation law reform.- Marriage equality: chapter 3 explores the initial move to prohibit marriage equality in Ireland, and critiques the subsequent route towards the 2015 referendum, with comparison to the more recent move towards marriage equality in Australia.- Parental rights: the fourth chapter focuses on the legal position of same-sex couples who are parenting children born via Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ARTs), such as donor-assisted human reproduction and surrogacy. In particular, it explores shortcomings in the existing legislation and proposes a viable method of regulating these ARTs via future legislation, partly based on models in operation elsewhere.The book concludes by assessing the impact, or lack thereof, of the European Convention on Human Rights on same-sex relationship recognition, same-sex parenting, and marriage equality, in order to determine whether it could promote increased legal recognition for same-sex families in Ireland. This book analyses the key issues affecting same-sex families in Ireland and beyond today: marriage; formalised and non-formalised same-sex relationships outside of marriage; parental rights for same-sex couples with donor-conceived or surrogate-born children; and the protections afforded to same-sex families under Eur Autor: Brian (National University of Ireland Tobin Wydawnictwo: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Rok wydania: 2023 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 224 Wymiary: 16.4 x 24.2 x 1.9 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781509952533