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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450308303321

Autore

Shanley Mary Lyndon <1944->

Titolo

Just marriage [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Lyndon Shanley ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Deborah Chasman for Boston Review

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [UK] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-56050-9

9786610560509

0-19-803917-4

1-4237-2252-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Collana

New democracy forum/Boston review series

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenJoshua <1951->

ChasmanDeborah

Disciplina

306.81/0973

Soggetti

Marriage - United States

Marriage - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.