Legal Recognition of Non-Conjugal Families: New Frontiers in Family Law in the Us, Canada and Europe

by Nausica Palazzo

This book argues that insufficient recognition of new families is a legal problem that needs fixing in light of recent evolutions in family patterns and normative conceptions of 'family'. People increasingly invest in relationships falling outside the model of the marital family, such as non-conjugal unions of friends or relatives, polyamorous relationships and various religious-based families. Despite this, Western jurisdictions retain the marital...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509939954
• ISBN13: 9781509939954
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"