Overview

The law has long been interested in marriage and conjugal cohabitation and in the range of public and private obligations that accrue from intimate living. This collection of classic articles explores that legal interest, while at the same time locating marriage and cohabitation within a range of intimate affiliations. It offers the perspectives of a number of international scholars on questions of how, if at all, our different ways of intimacy ought to be recognised and regulated by law.

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Author:   Alison Diduck ,  Alison Diduck
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   1.406kg
ISBN:  

9780754626800

ISBN 10:   0754626806
Pages:   622
Publication Date:   23 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction, Alison Diduck. Part I Changing Intimacies - the Theory: On the way to a post-familial family: from a community of need to elective affinities, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim; Intimacy transformed? A critical look at the 'pure relationship', Lynn Jamieson. Part II Changing Intimacies - Empirical Research: Why marry? - perceptions of the affianced, Mary Hibbs, Chris Barton and Joanne Beswick; Why don't they marry? Cohabitation, commitment and DIY marriage, Simon Duncan, Anne Barlow and Grace James; Cohabitation and commitment: partnership plans of young men and women, Lynn Jamieson, Michael Anderson, David McCrone, Frank Bechofer, Robert Stewart and Yaojun Li; Marriage and the moral bases of personal relationships, John Eekelaar and Mavis Maclean; The significance of marriage: contrasts between white British and ethnic minority groups in England, Mavis Maclean and John Eekelaar; Regulation of intimacy and love semantics in couples living apart together, Bernadette Bawin-Legros and Anne Gauthier; Cultures of intimacy and care beyond 'the family': personal life and social change in the early 21st century, Sasha Roseneil and Shelley Budgeon. Part III Why Legal Regulation At All?: The Marriage Act 1753: a case study in family law-making, Stephen Parker; Debates and issues regarding marriage and cohabitation in the British and American literature, Jane Lewis; Homosexual rights, Brenda Hale. Part IV Law and Marriage: The case against legal recognition of cohabitation, Ruth L. Deech; Marriage and the good of obligation, Scott Fitzgibbon; Just marriage: on the public importance of private unions, Mary Lyndon Shanley; Contract marriage - the way forward or dead end?, David McLellan; The tide in favour of equality: same-sex marriage in Canada and England and Wales, Wade K. Wright; Why marriage?, Martha Albertson Fineman; Marriage is for heterosexuals - may the rest of us be saved from it, Kenneth McK. Norrie; We will get what we ask for: why legalizi

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Alison Diduck, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws, University College London, UK. Alison Diduck, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim, Lynn Jamieson, Mary Hibbs, Chris Barton, Joanne Beswick, Simon Duncan, Anne Barlow, Grace James, Michael Anderson, David McCrone, Frank Bechofer, Robert Stewart, Yaojun Li, John Eekelaar, Mavis Maclean, Bernadette Bawin-Legros, Anne Gauthier, Sasha Roseneil, Shelley Budgeon, Stephen Parker, Jane Lewis, Brenda Hale, Ruth L. Deech, Scott Fitzgibbon, Mary Lyndon Shanley, David McLellan, Wade K. Wright, Martha Albertson Fineman, Kenneth McK. Norrie, Nancy D. Polikoff, Felicity Kaganas, Christina Murray, Claude Martin, Irene Thery, Carl F. Stychin, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Lisa Glennon.

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