Just Marriage : A New Democracy Forum/Boston Review Book.
Title:
Just Marriage : A New Democracy Forum/Boston Review Book.
Author:
Shanley, Mary Lyndon.
ISBN:
9780198039174
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (129 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- I -- Just Marriage: On the Public Importance of Private Unions -- II -- The Public Stake -- Marriage: Love or Care? -- Of Federalism and Caste -- Why Marriage? -- Mystification, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Couples in Marriage -- The Relational Case for Same-Sex Marriage -- A Communitarian Position for Civil Unions -- Between Justice and Commitment -- Just Monogamy? -- The Public Supports of Love -- After Marriage -- Beyond Marriage -- Why We Should Disestablish Marriage -- III -- Afterword.
Abstract:
As the national debate intensifies over what marriage is and who may marry, Mary Lyndon Shanley argues that although the state should continue to play a role in regulating personal relations, the law must be fundamentally reformed if marriage is to become a more just institution.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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