Bernstein, Anita.

Marriage Proposals : Questioning a Legal Status. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Questioning Marriage -- Part I Challenges to the Status of Marriage -- Challenges to the Status of Marriage -- 1 The Meaning of Marriage -- 2 Taking Government Out of the Marriage Business: Families Would Benefit -- 3 What Place for Marriage ( E) quality in Marriage Promotion? -- Part II Some Perils of Attempting Abolition -- 4 Anthropological Perspectives on the Abolition of Marriage -- 5 Marriage as a "Badge and Incident" of Democratic Freedom -- 6 The State of Marriage and the State in Marriage -- Afterword: Narrowing the Status of Marriage -- About the Contributors -- Index.

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9780814786475


Marriage law-United States-Philosophy.
Marriage law-Philosophy.


Electronic books.

KF510 -- .M37 2006eb

306.81/01