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Same sex relationships : from 'odious crime' to 'gay marriage' / Stephen Cretney. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cretney, Stephen Michael.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc--England.
- Gay couples.
- Civil unions--Law and legislation--England.
- Civil unions.
- Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc--Wales.
- Civil unions--Law and legislation--Wales.
- Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--England.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--Wales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 346 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book deals with the remarkable change in society's attitude to homosexuality since the 1960's. It focuses on the 2005 Civil Partnership Act, which creates a framework in which same sex couples can have their relationship legally recognised in the same way as heterosexual marriage.
- Contents:
- From felony to the love that is proud to speak its name
- Partnership or marriage : the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act
- The family, parliament, and the judges.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-171127-6
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