There remains no right to same-sex marriage before the European Court of Human Rights(‘European Court.’) Yet it seems likely that at some stage the European Court will recognise same-sex marriage. Recent dicta stresses the movement towards legal recognition across Member States. It is only a lack of consensus, leading to a wide Margin of Appreciation, which prevents the European Court recognising same-sex marriage. This piece proposes that if the European Court continues with this approach, they should at least outline in future judgements how many domestic legislatures need to legislate in favour of same-sex marriage, before they will determine that a consensus will exist. This is due to the constitutional, manifold legal and symbolic impl...
International human rights law does not exist in a vacuum. It owes its basis in public international...
The Council of Europe (CoE) and its judicial body, the European Court of Human Rights, are at the fo...
In the United States, the state and federal courts often has been the first port of call for activis...
There remains no right to same-sex marriage before the European Court of Human Rights(‘European Cour...
Discusses reasons for the ECtHR's failure to recognise the right to same-sex marriage, including the...
This collection of work totalling over 85,000 words published over the period 2013 – 2018 addresses ...
ACROSS Europe, the legal recognition of same-sex relationships has changed rapidly. Of the 47 Member...
This article considers the division in Europe on the matter of recognition and protection of same-se...
Only a minority of jurisdictions currently permit same-sex marriage – among them, England and Wales ...
The rights of sexual minorities have advanced at an increasingly rapid pace over the last decades, p...
When the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ('CPA') was introduced in 2004 this was a major step forwards fo...
Same-sex relationships have successively qualified for formalization through marriage or registered ...
The European Court of Human Rights revisited the issue of legal recognition for same-sex partnership...
This chapter analyses how European countries that provide some protection for same-sex couples (e.g....
Among the 21 European countries surveyed for the LawsAndFamilies Database (www.lawsandfamilies.eu), ...
International human rights law does not exist in a vacuum. It owes its basis in public international...
The Council of Europe (CoE) and its judicial body, the European Court of Human Rights, are at the fo...
In the United States, the state and federal courts often has been the first port of call for activis...
There remains no right to same-sex marriage before the European Court of Human Rights(‘European Cour...
Discusses reasons for the ECtHR's failure to recognise the right to same-sex marriage, including the...
This collection of work totalling over 85,000 words published over the period 2013 – 2018 addresses ...
ACROSS Europe, the legal recognition of same-sex relationships has changed rapidly. Of the 47 Member...
This article considers the division in Europe on the matter of recognition and protection of same-se...
Only a minority of jurisdictions currently permit same-sex marriage – among them, England and Wales ...
The rights of sexual minorities have advanced at an increasingly rapid pace over the last decades, p...
When the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ('CPA') was introduced in 2004 this was a major step forwards fo...
Same-sex relationships have successively qualified for formalization through marriage or registered ...
The European Court of Human Rights revisited the issue of legal recognition for same-sex partnership...
This chapter analyses how European countries that provide some protection for same-sex couples (e.g....
Among the 21 European countries surveyed for the LawsAndFamilies Database (www.lawsandfamilies.eu), ...
International human rights law does not exist in a vacuum. It owes its basis in public international...
The Council of Europe (CoE) and its judicial body, the European Court of Human Rights, are at the fo...
In the United States, the state and federal courts often has been the first port of call for activis...