TY - T1 - Legal recognition of same-sex family life in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201508063108; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/45286 T3 - A1 - Valleala, Aija A2 - PB - Helsingfors universitet Y1 - 2014 LA - eng AB - The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (’the Court’) regarding same-sex couples and families in order to determine how their need for protection and legal recognition has been met by the Court. The primary method applied is legal dogmatics although the study will, to some extent, go beyond the traditional legal dogmatics and try to identify the major problems in, as well as the reasons behind the Court’s current approach. In ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Constitutional law; Valtiosääntöoikeus; Statsförfattningsrätt N1 - PP - ER -