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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451361303321

Autore

Koppelman Andrew

Titolo

Same sex, different states [[electronic resource] ] : when same-sex marriages cross state lines / / Andrew Koppelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-73473-X

9786611734732

0-300-13513-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xviii, 204 p.))

Disciplina

346.7301/68

Soggetti

Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - United States - States

Interstate agreements - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

How we got here -- Marriage, choice of law, and public policy -- Miscegenation in the conflict of laws -- The stakes -- Against blanket nonrecognition -- Choice of law rules : the options -- When to (and when not to) recognize same-sex marriages -- The irrelevance of full faith and credit and the Defense of Marriage Act -- The difference the mini-DOMAS make -- Toward benign competition.

Sommario/riassunto

Must a state in which gay marriage is not legal recognize such a marriage performed in another state? The Constitution does not require recognition in all cases, but it does forbid states from nullifying family relationships based in other states, or from making themselves havens for people who are trying to escape obligations to their spouses and children. In this book, Andrew Koppelman offers workable legal solutions to the problems that arise when gay couples cross state borders. Drawing on historical precedents in which states held radically different moral views about marriage (for example, between kin, very young individuals, and interracial couples), Koppelman shows which state laws should govern in specific situations as gay couples travel or move from place to place.Americans are profoundly divided over same-sex marriage, and now that gay civil unions and marriages are legal in



some states, the issue has become increasingly urgent. Koppelman offers a sensible approach that will appeal to the best instincts of both sides.