Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse?
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-532697-0 (ISBN)
"A very interesting book that people should read."
--Bill O'Reilly, Host, The O'Reilly Factor
"Whatever your views are now on same-sex marriage, this is the book to read to be informed about why same sex couples want legal recognition and what legal union means to them and to the larger community. Spedale and Eskridge give detailed accounts of the effects of registered partnerships in Scandinavia--and along the way, offer fascinating and engaging pictures of many people's lives."
--Martha Minow,
Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor, Harvard Law School
"Spedale and Eskridge illuminate with remarkable even-handedness a debate that tends to generate more heat than light. They provide a cogent analysis of conservative arguments that same-sex matrimony threatens conventional marriage, and argue persuasively that enabling same-sex partners to marry may actually strengthen that beleaguered institution."
--John Podesta,
President and CEO, Center for American Progress
"An important and timely contribution. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the future of families in America."
--Martha Albertson Fineman,
Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Emory Law School
Darren R. Spedale is an investment banker in New York City. He spent two years on a Fulbright Fellowship in Denmark researching Scandinavian same-sex partnerships. He received his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University, and continues his work on same-sex marriage through his pro bono activities. William N. Eskridge, Jr. is the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at the Yale Law School. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Case for Same-Sex Marriage, Dynamic Statutory Interpretation, and Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet.
Introduction: Toward a Brave New World
1: The Evolving Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the United States
2: The Same-Sex Marriage Debate in Scandinavia and the Rest of Europe
3: A New Look For Legal Unions: Sixteen Years of Scandinavian Partnerships and the Changing Conception of Family
4: The Benefits of Same-Sex Marriage: Lessons From Scandinavia
5: Modern Scandinavian Families and the Defense-of-Marriage Argument
6: Drawing Lines: Scandinavian Lessons for the American Marriage Debate
Epilogue: I Now Pronounce You...: An Emerging Menu of Relationship Options
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.9.2007 |
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Zusatzinfo | halftones and figures |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 513 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-532697-0 / 0195326970 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-532697-0 / 9780195326970 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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