Research Handbook on Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law / Rebecca Probert and Sharon Thompson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Probert, Rebecca, editor.

Thompson, Sharon, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks in family law.

Research Handbooks in Family Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations.

Marriage law.

Unmarried couples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

This insightful Research Handbook provides a global perspective on key legal debates surrounding marriage and cohabitation. Bringing together an impressive array of established and emerging scholars, it adopts a comparative approach to analyse cross-jurisdictional trends and divergences in relationship recognition and family formation.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Introduction: Marriage and cohabitation - Global debates, challenges, and perspectives

Part I Why marry? The meaning of modern marriage

1. What is the purpose of marriage in contemporary legal regulation?

2. Separating marriage from the state

3. The feminist case against marriage

Part II The varied forms of entry into marriage

4. Marriage formation in Europe from the late middle ages until the late eighteenth century

5. Universal civil marriage: A blueprint for the future or an idea whose time has passed?

6. The fractured landscape of South African marriage and family law: Future directions

7. Marriage, the law and pluralism in Ghana

Part III The changing boundaries of marriage

8. The (non)recognition of same-sex marriage in South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda

9. Polygamy in English marriage law: Critical postcolonial perspectives

10. Prohibiting polygamy, yet permitting plurality?

11. Child marriage: The denial of autonomy by conferring the status of marriage on a child

12. Exploring arranged marriage: Breaking biased frames and uncovering a much misunderstood marital institution

13. Comparative consanguinity law: A global study of cousin marriage regulations

Part IV Formal alternatives to marriage

14. Why registered partnerships? A comparative overview

15. Mixed-sex civil partnerships: A blank canvas or painting by numbers?

16. Twenty years of PACS: The specificities of the French civil union

17. Un-coupling family law revisited: Non-conjugal adult unions in family law

Part V Cohabitation and the legal reulgation of unformalised relationships

18. Demographic perspectives on cohabitation

19. Regulation of cohabitation in the Nordic countries.

20. Cohabitation law reform in England and Wales: The case for reform and challenges of definition

21. Is cohabitation an obligation-free zone?

22. Cohabitation contracts and gender equality

Part VI The consequences of marriage and cohabitiation

23. Consummating in court

24. Complex relationships: Marriage and relationship status, procreation and criminal law

25. Unhappy families and lying wives: Myths and stereotypes about intimate partner violence

26. Prenuptial agreements in comparative perspective

27. The meaning of marriage and approaches to the division of assets in Sweden, the Netherlands and England and Wales

28. Relational vulnerability: A theory of family, unpaid work, and the state

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Probert, Rebecca Research Handbook on Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law

ISBN:

9781802202656