Same-Sex Relationships: From 'Odious Crime' to 'Gay Marriage'

by Stephen Cretney

This book is based on the Clarendon Lectures in Law given in October 2005. The book deals with the remarkable change in society's attitude to homosexuality since the 1960's, and the 2005 Civil Partnership Act, which creates a framework in which same-sex couples can have their relationship legally recognised in much the same way as heterosexual marriage. It examines questions such as what are the essentials of the civil partnership relationship? Do...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297738
• ISBN13: 9780199297733
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"