The jurisprudence of marriage and other intimate relationships
By: Scott Fitzgibbon, Lynn D. Wardle, A. Scott Loveless, editors.
Contributors: FitzGibbon, Scott Thomas.; Wardle, Lynn D.; Loveless, A. Scott.
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co.; William s Hein & Co
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780837738123
Subjects: Marriage law -- History; Marriage law -- Philosophy; Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1.; title: Human dignity: its implications for marriage, the family and society  -- William Binchy -- Ch. 2.; title: What difference does it make if marriage is a sacrament: an historical approach  -- Charles Donahue -- Ch. 3.; title: Gender neutrality and the jurisprudence of marriage  -- Lynn D. Wardle -- Ch. 4.; title: "You can't get there from here:" a reply to proposals to disestablish marriage as the path to care  -- Helen Alvaré -- Ch. 5.; title: "Just like little dogs:" the law should speak with veracity and respect  -- Scott FitzGibbon -- Ch. 6.; title: On the legal validation of sexual relationships  -- Richard Stith -- Ch. 7.; title: Spousal rights and spousal duties: the liberal case for privileging marriage  -- Shahar Lifshitz -- Ch. 8.; title: Same-sex marriage-from privacy to equality: the failure of the "equality" justifications for same-sex marriage  -- Robert John Araujo, S.J -- Ch. 9.; title: The future of the liberal family  -- Susan Shell -- Ch. 10.; title: The problem of 'nature' in family law  -- Daniel Cere -- Ch. 11.; title: Cousin marriage  -- Ruth Deech -- Ch. 12.; title: Sisterly love: the importance of explicitly assumed commitment in the legal recognition of personal relationships -- Oran Doyle.