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It's Not Me it's You : Law's Performance Anxiety Over Gender Identity in Cohabitation Cases

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It's Not Me it's You : Law's Performance Anxiety Over Gender Identity in Cohabitation Cases. / Beresford, Sarah.
In: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2012, p. 187-200.

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Harvard

Beresford, S 2012, 'It's Not Me it's You : Law's Performance Anxiety Over Gender Identity in Cohabitation Cases', Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 187-200.

APA

Beresford, S. (2012). It's Not Me it's You : Law's Performance Anxiety Over Gender Identity in Cohabitation Cases. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 63(2), 187-200.

Vancouver

Beresford S. It's Not Me it's You : Law's Performance Anxiety Over Gender Identity in Cohabitation Cases. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. 2012;63(2):187-200.

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Beresford, Sarah. / It's Not Me it's You : Law's Performance Anxiety Over Gender Identity in Cohabitation Cases. In: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. 2012 ; Vol. 63, No. 2. pp. 187-200.

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