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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Changing Institution of Marriage and the Exclusion of Same-Sex Couples | |
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| A Few Words about the Idiosyncrasies of the Institution of Marriage and Its Ends from Ancient Greece to the Present | |
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| Current Concepts and Characteristics of Marriage Law and Cohabitation in Northern Europe and the United States | |
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| Equality in Marriage: Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation | |
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| Marriage for Same-Sex Couples and Alternative Models for the Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships | |
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| Registered Partnerships in the Nordic Countries | |
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| The First Registered Partnership Act--Denmark | |
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| Registered Partnership in Norway | |
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| Registered Partnership and Cohabitation in Sweden | |
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| Iceland's Registered Partnership Act | |
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| The Status of Same-Sex Couples in Finland and the Bill on Registered Partnership | |
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| Same-Sex Partnerships in the Netherlands | |
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| Cohabitation of Same-Sex Couples | |
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| The Dutch Registered Partnership Act | |
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| Adoption by Same-Sex Couples | |
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| The Dutch Act on Same-Sex Marriage | |
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| Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships in Other European Countries | |
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| Common Law Marriage in Hungary and Portugal | |
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| Countries with a "Light" Version of Registered Partnership | |
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| Countries Progressing toward the Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships | |
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| The Cohabitation Model | |
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| Canada | |
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| Australia | |
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| New Zealand | |
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| Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States | |
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| Parental Rights of Same-Sex Couples in the United States | |
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| Judicial Recognition of Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Cohabitation in the United States | |
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| Adult Adoption by Same-Sex Partners | |
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| Domestic Partnerships and Civil Unions | |
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| Opening Up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples | |
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| Contrasts between the Models of Recognition and the Status of Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe | |
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| The European Registered Partnership Acts | |
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| Domestic Partnerships in the United States | |
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| Same-Sex Partnerships in the United States and Northern Europe Contrasted | |
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| Domestic Partnership, Registered Partnership, and Marriage | |
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| Registered Partnership and Marriage Compared | |
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| Domestic Partnership and Marriage Compared | |
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| Existing Models of Recognition as "Second-Class Marriage" | |
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| Alternatives to Marriage and the Doctrine of "Separate but Equal" | |
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| Racial Segregation in the United States | |
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| Segregation Based on Gender and Sexual Orientation | |
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| The Loving Analogy | |
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| The Brown Analogy | |
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| Intracommunity Perceptions of a Separate Regime for Same-Sex Couples | |
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| The Feasibility of Opening Up Marriage to Same-Sex Couples | |
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| The Necessary Process | |
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| Repeal of Sodomy Laws and Protection from Discrimination in Europe | |
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| Repeal of Sodomy Laws and Protection from Discrimination in the United States | |
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| Sodomy Laws, Antidiscrimination, and Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships | |
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| Same-Sex Marriage | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| European Same-Sex Legislation in Translation | |
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| Developments in the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, and Brazil | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |