Robert Wintemute is Professor of Human Rights Law at King's College. London.
Mads Andenas is Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Should same-sex couples be permitted to marry? Or should a separate institution of "registered partnership" or "civil union" be created for them? Or should the rights and duties of unmarried different-sex couples be extended to them? Should they be allowed to adopt each other's children, or jointly adopt an unrelated child? How should they be treated with regard to employment, social security, pensions, housing, immigration, taxation, inheritance, and divorce? These questions are being debated around the world, as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons increasingly (but not uniformly) insist that they cannot be truly equal without equal treatment for the loving and lasting relationships they form with their partners. In "Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships", an international team of scholars examines both theoretical issues and the wide variety of legal developments in the United States, Canada, Brazil, thirteen European countries, Israel, South Africa, India, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand, as well as under European Community and European Convention law, and United Nations human rights law.

Introduction
Robert Wintemute, Reader, School of Law, King's College, University of London
1. Same-Sex Relationships: An Australian Perspective on a Global Issue
The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, High Court of Australia
PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives
David AJ Richards, Professor, School of Law, New York University
2. Same-Sex Partnerships and Arguments of Justice
Nicholas Bamforth, Fellow, Queen's College, University of Oxford
3. The Limitations of Liberal Neutrality Arguments in Favour of Same-Sex Marriage
Chai R Feldblum, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
4. Like Counting Stars? Re-Structuring Equality and the Socio-Legal Space of Same-Sex Marriage
Davina Cooper, Professor, School of Law, Keele University
5. Recognition, Rights, Regulation, Normalisation: Rhetorics of Justification in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Janet Halley, Professor, Harvard Law School
6. The Ideological Structure of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate (And Some Postmodern Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage)
William N Eskridge, Jr., Professor, Yale Law School
PART II NATIONAL LAW
Section A-United States
7. Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partners Under US State or Local Law
Arthur S Leonard, Professor, New York Law School
8. Lesbian and Gay Couples Raising Children: The Law in the United States
Nancy D Polikoff, Professor, Washington College of Law, American University
9. The Hawaii Marriage Case Launches the US Freedom-to-Marry Movement for Equality
Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry Project, New York (formerly Marriage Project Director, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York)
10. The Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples in the United States of America
Mary L Bonauto, Civil Rights Director, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Boston
Section B-Canada
Introduction: Same-Sex Partnerships in Canada
The Hon. Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Supreme Court of Canada
11. Any Two Persons in Canada's Lotusland, British Columbia
Donald G Casswell, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
12. Becoming "Persons" in Canadian Law: Genuine Equality or "Separate But Equal?"
Kathleen A Lahey, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Section C-Africa, Australasia and Latin America
13. Politics, Partnership Rights and the Constitution in South Africa . . . (and the Problem of Sexual Identity)
Craig Lind, Lecturer, School of Legal Studies, University of Sussex
14. Let Them Eat Cake, and Ice Cream: Wanting Something "More" from the Relationship Recognition Menu
Jenni Millbank, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Wayne Morgan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Australian National University
15. The New Zealand Same-Sex Marriage Case: From Aotearoa to the United Nations
Nigel Christie, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law, University of Waikato
16. Brazil's Proposed "Civil Unions Between Persons of the Same Sex": Legislative Inaction and Judicial Reactions
Marcelo Dealtry Turra, Adjunct Professor of Law, Universidade Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro
Section D-Asia and the Middle East
17. Towards Legal Protection for Same-Sex Partnerships in Japan: From the Perspective of Gay and Lesbian Identity
Akitoshi Yanagihashi, Legal Director, Japan Association for the Lesbian and Gay Movement (OCCUR), Tokyo
18. Contextualising the Same-Sex Erotic Relationship: Post-Colonial Tongzhi and Political Discourse on Marriage Law in Hong Kong and Mainland China
Chiu Man-Chung (Andy Chiu), Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
19. Same-Sex Partnerships and Indian Law: Climate for a Change
Poonam Saxena, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
20. Challenges to Compulsory Heterosexuality: Recognition and Non-Recognition of Same-Sex Couples in Israeli Law
Aeyal M. Gross, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University
Section E-Europe
21. The Danish Registered Partnership Act, 1989: Has the Act Meant a Change in Attitudes?
Ingrid Lund-Andersen, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Aarhus
22. "From Society's Point of View, Cohabitation Between Two Persons of the Same Sex is a Perfectly Acceptable Form of Family Life": A Swedish Story of Love and Legislation
Hans Ytterberg, Associate Judge of Appeal and Ombudsman against Discrimination because of Sexual Orientation (HomO),Stockholm
23. Small Change: How the Road to Same-Sex Marriage Got Paved in the Netherlands
Kees Waaldijk, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universiteit Leiden
24. "Statutory Cohabitation" Under Belgian Law: A Step Towards Same-Sex Marriage?
Olivier De Schutter, Professeur adjoint, Faculté de Droit, Université catholique de Louvain
Anne Weyembergh, Chercheuse, Institut d'Etudes européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles
25. The "Pacte Civil de Solidarité" in France: Midway Between Marriage and Cohabitation
Daniel Borrillo, Maître de conférences en droit privé, Université de Paris X (Nanterre); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (laboratoire CERSA, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas))
26. Spain: The Heterosexual State Refuses to Disappear
Nicolás Pérez Cánovas, Professor of Civil Law, Universidad de Granada
27. The Law on Stable Unions of Couples in the Catalonia Autonomous Community of Spain
Francesc Jaurena i Salas, Lawyer, Assistant to a Member of the Catalan Parliament, Barcelona
28. Italy Walking a Tightrope Between Stockholm and the Vatican: Will Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships Ever Occur?
Gioia Scappucci, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Laws, University College, University of London
29. At the End of the Fairy Tale, Will Heidi Stay Single? Same-Sex Partnerships in Switzerland
François E Baur, Vice-Director, Legal Department, Swiss Federal Office of Culture; President, Pink Cross (Swiss Gay Federation), Bern
30. The First Will Be The Last: Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in Austria
Helmut Graupner, Lawyer; Vice-President, Austrian Society for Sex Research; President, Rechtskomitee Lambda, Vienna
31. Nice on Paper: The Aborted Liberalisation of Gay Rights in Hungary
Lilla Farkas, Hungarian Helsinki Committee; Legal Defence Bureau for National and Ethnic Minorities, Budapest
32. The Legal Situation of Same-Sex Partnerships in Germany: An Overview
Roland Schimmel, Lawyer, Schimmel Buhlmann, Frankfurt am Main
Stefanie Heun, Legal Counsel, German Stock Exchange, Frankfurt am Main
33. From Individual Protection to Recognition of Relationships? Same-Sex Couples and the Irish Experience of Sexual Orientation Law Reform
Leo Flynn, Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg (Lecturer, School of Law, King's College, University of London)
34. Same-Sex Partnerships in English Family Law
Rebecca Bailey-Harris, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Bristol
PART III EUROPEAN LAW
Section A-European Community Law
35. The Miscegenation Analogy in Europe, or, Lisa Grant meets Adolf Hitler
Andrew Koppelman, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, Northwestern University
36. Towards the Recognition of Same-Sex Partners in European Union Law: Expectations Based on Trends in National Law
Kees Waaldijk, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universiteit Leiden
37. Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Employment: An Evolving Role for the European Union
Mark Bell, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Leicester
38. Free Movement and Same-Sex Relationships: Existing EC Law and Article 13 EC
Elspeth Guild, Professor of European Migration Law, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen; Partner, Kingsley Napley, London
Section B-European Convention on Human Rights
39. Sex: Has It Any Place in Modern Marriage?
Stephen Whittle, Reader, School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
40. Strasbourg to the Rescue? Same-Sex Partners and Parents Under the European Convention
Robert Wintemute, Reader, School of Law, King's College, University of London
PART IV INTERNATIONAL LAW
41. Will the United Nations Human Rights Committee Require Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages?
Laurence R Helfer, Professor, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
42. United Nations Human Rights Law and Same-Sex Relationships: Where to from Here?
Kristen L Walker, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
Conclusion
Robert Wintemute, Reader, School of Law, King's College, University of London