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Autore: |
Bowman Cynthia Grant <1945->
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Titolo: |
Unmarried couples, law, and public policy / / Cynthia Grant Bowman
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina: | 346.7301/6 |
Soggetto topico: | Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Unmarried couples - Social aspects - United States | |
Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cohabitation in the United States : the past -- Legal treatment of cohabitation in the United States today -- Cohabitation in the United States today -- Social science and cohabitation -- Treatment of cohabitation in other nations -- A new law for cohabitants in the United States. |
Sommario/riassunto: | In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. Unmarried cohabitation has increased at a phenomenal rate in the U.S. over the last few decades, but the law has not responded to the legal issues raised by this new family form. Although a majority of cohabiting unions dissolve within the first two years, many are longer in term and function like other families; a large number of children also reside in these households. If one partner dies, is injured, or leaves the family, the remaining family... |
Titolo autorizzato: | Unmarried couples, law, and public policy ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-13005-X |
9786613130051 | |
0-19-970714-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812730903321 |
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