| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 161 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-154) and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction SOCIAL QUESTIONS LEGAL PROBLEMS AND RESEARCH; 2 Marriage and Cohabitation in Britain Changing Attitudes and Behaviour INTRODUCTION; 3 The Common Law Marriage Myth and Lived Law An Analysis of Beliefs INTRODUCTION; 4 Why Cohabit Commitment and Alternative Rationalities INTRODUCTION UNMARRIED COHABITATION AS IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR; 5 Changing Law Social Attitudes to Cohabitation Law Law Reform and the Legal Response INTRODUCTION; 6 Reforming the Law Options for Cohabitation INTRODUCTION. |
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APPENDIX 1 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSRESTRUCTURING AND LEGAL REALISM; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Unmarried opposite-sex cohabitation is rapidly increasing in Britain. Using findings from a recent study, combining a nationally representative analysis of cohabitation and marriage with indepth qualitative data, this book explores public attitudes to cohabitation, marriage and the 'common-law marriage' myth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Unmarried couples. |
| Added Author |
Barlow, Anne.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cohabitation, marriage and the law. Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2005 1841134333 9781841134338 (DLC) 2006273861 (OCoLC)56653660 |
| ISBN |
9781847310101 (electronic book) |
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1847310109 (electronic book) |
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1280807563 |
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9781280807565 |
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1841134333 (Paper) |
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