Same Sex Couples - Comparative Insights on Marriage and Cohabitation (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)

This book shows six different realities of same-sex families. They range from full recognition of same-sex marriage to full invisibility of gay and lesbian individuals and their families. The broad spectrum of experiences presented in this book share some commonalities: in all of them legal scholars and civil society are moving legal boundaries or thinking of spaces within rigid legal systems for same-sex families to function. In all of them there have been legal claims to recognize the existence of same-sex families. The difference between them lies in the response of courts. Regardless of the type of legal system, when courts have viewed claims of same-sex couples and their families as problems of individual rights, they have responded with a constitutional narrative protecting same-sex couples and their families. When courts respond to these claims with rigid concepts of what a family is and what marriage is as if legal concepts where unmodifiable, same-sex couples have remained outside the protection of the law. Until forty years ago marriage was the only union considered legitimate to form a family. Today more than 30 countries have granted rights to same sex couples, including several that have opened up marriage to couples of the same sex. Every day there is a new bill being discussed or a new claim being brought to courts seeking formal recognition of same sex couples. Not all countries are open to changing their legal structures to accommodate same-sex couples, but even those with no visible changes are witnessing new voices in their communities challenging the status quo and envisioning more flexible legal systems.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 42
Release date:	May 2015
Editors:	Macarena Saez
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	208
Edition:	2015 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9401797733
Categories:	Books > Law > Other areas of law > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	9401797730
Barcode:	9789401797733

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