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1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) |
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text file |
| Note |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jul 2016). |
| Contents |
Marriage and the dynamics of love -- Love's obligations -- An alternate path to marital obligation? -- Gender and the intimate contract -- The limits of marital obligation -- Delinking marriage and the state -- Same-sex marriage. with or without the state -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Marriage is ordinarily a public practice, supported by, as well as supportive of, society. But it need not fall within the purview of the state. Public Practice, Private Law articulates a conception of marriage as a morally rich and important institution that ought to be subject to private rather than legislative or judicial ordering. It elaborates a robust understanding of marriage that captures what both different-sex and same-sex couples might see as valuable about their relationships. It explains why sexual ethics won't yield a normative model of marriage, and why the kind of marital love worth wanting, can. It goes on to show how an understanding of marriage as rooted in demanding commitments can allow for divorce before arguing that the state should cease to sponsor marriages. It concludes by suggesting that both state and non-state institutions should acknowledge the marriages of same-sex couples. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marriage law -- Social aspects.
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Marriage law. |
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Social aspects. |
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Marriage law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107140608 |
| ISBN |
9781316492987 (ebook) |
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1316492982 |
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9781316869093 (electronic book) |
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1316869091 (electronic book) |
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1107140609 |
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9781107140608 |
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1316506088 |
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9781316506080 |
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9781107140608 (hardback) |
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9781316506080 (paperback) |
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