Marital Rights: The Library of Essays on Family Rights - Hardcover

Book 1 of 4: The Library of Essays on Family Rights

Leckey, Robert

 
9781472465740: Marital Rights: The Library of Essays on Family Rights
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1472465741 ISBN 13: 9781472465740
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This volume gathers influential and cutting-edge scholarship on the international and domestic rights attaching to married couples and other adult relationships. Addressing examples from the European Court of Human Rights, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and South Africa, it traces contentious debates about the content of marital rights and responsibilities and whether law should reach beyond marriage, and if so how. Twenty-four essays and a substantial introduction highlight the complexity and contradictions as marital law grapples with gender equality, the aftermath of recognizing gay and lesbian rights, abiding economic inequalities, and ’exotic’ issues such as forced marriage and polygamy.

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About the Author

Robert Leckey is Dean of the Faculty of Law and Samuel Gale Professor of Law at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1472465741
ISBN 13 
9781472465740
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
506