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Reconstructing marriage : the legal status of relationships in a changing society
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- Creator
- Caroline Sörgjerd
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, [England] ; Portland, [Or.] : Intersentia, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 356 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781780680378, 1780680376
- OCLC
- ocn775416280
- "This book is a slightly modified version of my doctoral thesis, successfully defended on 11 February 2011 at Uppsala University"--P. viii.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356).
- Introduction -- Marriage as a gift of God -- Marriage between two equals -- Toward increased autonomy in marriage : the enactments of the 1970s and the Marriage Code of 1987 -- A "second-class" marriage? : the Cohabitee Acts of 1973, 1987 and 2003 -- Toward gender-neutral marriage : preceding developments -- Legal recognition of same-sex couples : Spain and the Netherlands -- The European Union's, Council of Europe's and human rights' perspectives on changing cohabitation models -- The essence of marriage
Subjects
- Marriage law -- Sweden.
- Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- Sweden.
- Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- Netherlands.
- Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- Spain.
- Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Sweden.
- Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- European Union countries.