title: Lesbian access to justice.
abstract: SUMMARY Although some aspects of New Zealand family law have been criticised as discriminatory, the New Zealand legal system has yet to be critically examined from a lesbian perspective. This article begins a development of lesbian legal theory for Aotearoa/New Zealand by analysing the contribution that the 1999 Law Commission study, Women's Access to Legal Services,has made to our knowledge about the impact of the law on lesbian relationships and communities.
authors.affiliation: a Victoria University , Wellington , USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McDonald
keywords: Lesbian legal theory; New Zealand; access to justice; discrimination; equality; law and sexuality; law reform; lesbian visibility