Same sex relationships [electronic resource] : from 'odious crime' to 'gay marriage' / Stephen Cretney

Author: Cretney, Stephen Michael
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 346 pages)

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Summary

This book deals with the remarkable change in society's attitude to homosexuality since the 1960's. It focuses on the 2005 Civil Partnership Act, which creates a framework in which same sex couples can have their relationship legally recognised in the same way as heterosexual marriage.

Subject(s)

Gay couples—Legal status, laws, etc—England
Gay couples—Legal status, laws, etc—Wales
Civil unions—Law and legislation—England
Civil unions—Law and legislation—Wales
Same-sex marriage—Law and legislation—England
Same-sex marriage—Law and legislation—Wales

ISBN

9780191711275 (ebook)
0191711276 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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