TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merin,Yuval
TI  - Equality for same-sex couples: the legal recognition of gay partnerships in Europe and the United States 
SN  - 9780226520339 (electronic bk.)
AV  - K699 .M47 2002eb
U1  - 346.401/6 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Same-sex marriage
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Europe
KW  - Gay couples
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - United States
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Samenlevingsvormen buiten huwelijk
KW  - gtt
KW  - Gelijke behandeling
KW  - Homoseksualiteit
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-383) and index; Introduction -- Changing institution of marriage and the exclusion of same-sex couples -- Registered partnerships in the Nordic countries -- Same-sex partnerships in the Netherlands -- Recognition of same-sex partnerships in other European countries -- Cohabitation model -- Same-sex partnerships in the United States -- Contrasts between the models of recognition and the status of same-sex partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe -- Domestic partnership, registered partnership, and marriage -- Alternatives to marriage and the doctrine of separate but equal -- Feasibility of opening up marriage to same-sex couples -- Conclusion
N2  - During the past three decades, nations all over the world have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to marry, or at least grant these couples various rights associated with marriage. In Equality for Same-Sex Couples, Yuval Merin presents the first comparative study of the legal regulation of same-sex partnerships worldwide, as well as a unique survey of the status of same-sex couples in Europe. Merin begins by providing a historical overview of the transformation of marriage from antiquity to the present. He then identifies and critically compares four principal models for the legal
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