This volume focuses on same-sex relationships and contains articles on:
the historical context of the same-sex marriage debate in Australia;
the approaches taken to achieve same-sex marriage internationallly in the past decade and the factors which have been influential;
the particular case of South Africa, which has legislated a right to same-sex marriage despite the country’s conservative and oppressive history;
the geographical spread of same-sex couples in Australia, including variations by gender and by dependent children;
lesbian and gay foster carers in Australia;
the best interest of children; and
the ‘pull and push’ effect in the relationshp between law and society in the achievement of law reform.