• Preface to the Paperback Edition ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The United States Constitution: Fundamental Choice Approach ; 3. The United States Constitution: Immutable Status and Sex Discrimination Approaches and Assessment of Protection ; 4. The European Convention on Human Rights: Fundamental Choice Approach ; 5. The European Convention on Human Rights: Immutable Status and Sex Discrimination Approaches and Assessment of Protection ; 6. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Immutable Status and Fundamental Choice Approaches ; 7. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Is Sexual Orientation an Immutable or a Fundamental Choice? ; 8. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Is Sexual Orientation Discrimination Sex Discrimination? ; 9. Comparison and Conclusion ; Appendix of Canadian Charter Provisions ; Table of Constitutions, Statutes and Cases ; Bibliography

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