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Just Marriage

Just Marriage

Shanley, Mary Lyndon
Cohen, Joshua
Chasman, Deborah

Paperback

Series: New Democracy Forum

General LawGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 019517626X
ISBN13: 9780195176261
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 23 2004
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.42 Depth: 8.16
Language: English
From the ground breaking legal decisions on gay marriage to the promotion of marriage for low-income families, the sacred institution of marriage has turned into a public battleground. Who should be allowed to marry and is marriage a public or private act? Should marriage be abandoned completely? Or should marriage be redefined as a civil institution that promotes sexual and racial equality?

As the fierce national debate over same-sex marriage and civil unions continues, Mary Lyndon Shanley argues that while 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. Fourteen prominent writers and thinkers respond, including Nancy F. Cott, William N. Eskridge, Jr., Amitai Etzioni, Martha Albertson Fineman, and Cass R. Sunstein.

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