Legally married : love and law in the UK and the US / / Scot Peterson and Iain McLean
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| Autore: |
Peterson Scot M. <1959->
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| Titolo: |
Legally married : love and law in the UK and the US / / Scot Peterson and Iain McLean
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 346.73016 |
| Soggetto topico: | Marriage law - United States |
| Marriage law - Great Britain | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | McLeanIain |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction Changing Attitudes -- 1 Different Theories of Marriage -- 2 Marriage from the Reformation to the Rules of the Fleet -- 3 From Lord Hardwicke's Act to Civil Marriage and Divorce -- 4 Marriage across the Seas: Ireland, South Africa, Canada and the United States -- 5 Current Policy Questions: Fighting Fair about Same-sex Marriage -- 6 Legislatures Argue and the Supreme Court Decides -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Legally Married gives you all the the facts you need to develop an informed judgment regarding same-sex marriage in the UK and the US. It looks at the claims made on both sides of the debate, placing them in their historical context and contributing in a reasoned, unbiased way. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Legally married |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7486-83796 |
| 0-7486-8381-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811178003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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