Relationships Rights and Legal Pluralism (eBook, ePUB)

The Inadequacy of Marriage Laws in Europe
Redaktion: Stepien, Mateusz; Juzaszek, Anna

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together leading social and legal scholars to tackle the incompatibility of marriage laws with contemporary social reality in Europe. They emphasise the importance of pluralism of beliefs, values, cultures and lifestyles and the consequent need for legal recognition to make individuals' private choices valid and respected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040100974
• Artikelnr.: 70759313

Autorenporträt

Mateusz St¿pie¿ is a professor in the Department of Sociology of Law, Jagiellonian University, Poland. Anna Juzaszek is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology of Law and Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I - Theoretical and historical foundations of relationship design, human rights and pluralism in Europe; 1. Value-centered approach to the plurality of types of intimate relationships; 2. Article 12 of the ECHR: What are the Implications of the Right to Marry for Relationship Diversity?; 3. Resisting Family Diversity? A Queer Perspective on the European Court of Human Rights Attitudes Towards Heteronormativity and Legal Pluralism in Family Regimes; 4. The Transformation of Marriage: A Historical Interpretation of a Triple Change; Part II - Legal responses to non-state marriages and proposals for reforms; 5. Addressing Non-State Marriages in State Law: Responses from the Netherlands; 6. A Study of Muslim Marriage (and Divorce) Practices in England & Wales: Making a Case for Reform; 7. Legal Pluralism's Perspectives and Human Rights Challenges in Marriage and Divorce Norms: The Case of Muslims in Europe; Part III - Empirical research on the marital reality of individuals; 8. Contestations about Polygyny: Converts to Islam in the Netherlands; 9. Religious Knowledge and Legal Rights: A Study of Nikah and Secular Marriage Among South Asian Muslim Women in England; 10. 'Love' Versus 'Convenience': Muslim-Christian Couples Before the Ceutan Marriage Registry; 11. Labour Market Position, Acculturation Orientation and Other Factors Influencing Migrant Women's Choices of Partners and Marriage Decisions: The Case Study of a Polish Woman Living in Madrid.