Just marriage / by Mary Lyndon Shanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shanley, Mary Lyndon, 1944- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--United States.

Marriage.

Marriage--Government policy--United States.

Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the national debate intensifies over what marriage is and who may marry, Mary Lyndon Shanley argues that although the state should continue to play a role in regulating personal relations, the law must be fundamentally reformed if marriage is to become a more just institution.

Contents:

Just marriage : on the public importance of private unions / Mary Lyndon Shanley

The public stake / Nancy F. Cott

Marriage : love or care? / Joan C. Tronto

Of federalism and caste / Cass R. Sunstein

Why marriage? / Martha Alberston Fineman

Mystification, neutrality, and same-sex couples in marriage / David B. Cruz

The relational case for same-sex marriage / William N. Eskridge, Jr.

A communitarian position for civil unions / Amitai Etzioni

Between justice and commitment / Milton C. Regan, Jr.

Just monogamy? / Elizabeth F. Emens

The public supports of love / Drucilla Cornell

After marriage / Wendy Brown

Beyond marriage / Brenda Cossman

Why we should disestablish marriage / Tamara Metz

Afterword / Mary Lyndon Shanley.

Notes:

'A New Democracy Forum / Boston Review book'.

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-029195-8

0-19-773359-X

1-280-56050-9

9786610560509

0-19-803917-4

1-4237-2252-3

OCLC:

476008331