Equality Practice Civil Unions and the Future of Gay Rights [Paperback]

William Eskridge, a Yale law professor chronicles the Vermont law which legalised civil unions - distinct from marriage - for same sex couples.William Eskridge, Jr.wrote the landmark book, The Casefor Same Sex Marriage(Free Press, 1996). He is the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and has published widely both in academic law journals and in the popular press.