"This book is a slightly modified version of my doctoral thesis, successfully defended on 11 February 2011 at Uppsala University"--P. viii. Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356).
Contents:
Marriage as a gift of God -- Marriage between two equals -- Toward increased autonomy in marriage : the enactments of the 1970s and the Marriage Code of 1987 -- A "second-class" marriage? : the Cohabitee Acts of 1973, 1987 and 2003 -- Toward gender-neutral marriage : preceding developments -- Legal recognition of same-sex couples : Spain and the Netherlands -- The European Union's, Council of Europe's and human rights' perspectives on changing cohabitation models -- The essence of marriage.
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