Equality for same-sex couples [[electronic resource] ] : the legal recognition of gay partnerships in Europe and the United States / / Yuval Merin

• Autore: Merin Yuval
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.087; 346.401/6; 346.4016
• Soggetto topico: Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - Europe; Gay couples - Legal status, laws, etc - Europe; Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - United States; Gay couples - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-383) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Changing Institution of Marriage and the Exclusion of Same-Sex Couples -- Chapter 3. Registered Partnerships in the Nordic Countries -- Chapter 4. Same-Sex Partnerships in the Netherlands -- Chapter 5. Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in Other European Countries -- Chapter 6. The Cohabitation Model -- Chapter 7. Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States -- Chapter 8. Contrasts between the Models of Recognition and the Status of Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe -- Chapter 9. Domestic Partnership, Registered Partnership, and Marriage -- Chapter 10. Alternatives to Marriage and the Doctrine of "Separate but Equal" -- Chapter 11. The Feasibility of Opening Up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples -- Chapter 12. Conclusion -- Appendix A. European Same-Sex Legislation in Translation -- Appendix B. Developments in the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, and Brazil -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: During the past three decades, nations all over the world have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to marry, or at least grant these couples various rights associated with marriage. In Equality for Same-Sex Couples, Yuval Merin presents the first comparative study of the legal regulation of same-sex partnerships worldwide, as well as a unique survey of the status of same-sex couples in Europe. Merin begins by providing a historical overview of the transformation of marriage from antiquity to the present. He then identifies and critically compares four principal models for the legal regulation and recognition of same-sex partnerships: civil marriage, registered partnership, domestic partnership, and cohabitation. Merin concludes that all of the models except civil marriage discriminate against gays and lesbians just as the "separate but equal" doctrine discriminated against African Americans; thus, so-called alternatives to marriage, even if they provide the same rights and benefits as marriage, are inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
• Titolo autorizzato: Equality for same-sex couples
• ISBN: 1-282-53739-3; 9786612537394; 0-226-52033-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458818303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II