License to Wed What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples

Name: License to Wed What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples
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ISBN: 9780814725467

ISBN-10: 0814725465

ISBN-13: 9780814725467

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kimberly D. Richman, Kimberly D. Richman

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A critical reader of the history of marriage understands that it is an institution that has always been in flux. It is also a decidedly complicated one, existing simultaneously in the realms of religion, law, and emotion. And yet recent years have seen dramatic and heavily waged battles over the proposition of including same sex couples in marriage. Just what is at stake in these battles? This book examines the meanings of marriage for couples in the two first states to extend that right to same sex couples: California and Massachusetts. The two states provide a compelling contrast: while in California the rights that go with marriage—inheritance, custody, and so forth—were already granted…

Book details

List price: $89.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 12/30/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 271
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.25" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Kimberly D. Richmanis an associate professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of San Francisco.