Common law marriage
Subtitle: a legal institution for cohabitation
By: Göran Lind.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1221
ISBN-13: 9780195366815
Subjects: Common law marriage -- United States; Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Common law marriage; Conflict of laws -- Common law marriage; Concubinage
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)-- Uppsala University, Uppsala. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 1101-1128) and index.
Table of contents: title: Informal marriages in Roman law; title: Informal marriages in canon law; title: The reception of common law marriage in the United States; title: Legal capacity and common law marriage; title: The common law marriage contract; title: Implied marriage agreements; title: Cohabitation, holding out, and reputation as spouses; title: Burdens of proof and presumptions; title: Conflict of laws and choice of law; title: Scottish irregular marriages; title: Common law marriage and cohabitation law; title: The constitutive requisites in the future; title: Arguments for and against common law marriage and cohabitation law; title: A new model of marriage.