Against marriage : an egalitarian defense of the marriage-free state /
Clare Chambers argues that marriage violates both equality and liberty and should not be trecognized by the state. She shows how feminist and liberal principles require creation of a marriage-free state: one in which private marriages, whether religious or secular, would have no legal status.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford political theory.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Marriage as a violation of equality
- Marriage as a violation of liberty
- A liberal defence of marriage?
- The limitations of contract
- Regulating relationships in the marriage-free state
- Marriage in the marriage-free state
- Conclusion.