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Religion and Marriage Law : The Need for Reform /
Successive governments have made progressive, but ad hoc reforms to marriage law in Britain. This book provides the first accessible guide to how contemporary marriage law interacts with religion. It reveals the need for the consolidation, modernisation and reform of marriage law and sets out propos...
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2021.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Front Cover -- Religion and Marriage Law: The Need for Reform -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- one Introduction: Marital Problems -- The need for reform -- This book -- Part I The Legal Framework -- two Religion and Opposite-Sex Marriage -- Introduction -- The current law -- The Christian origins of marriage law -- Conclusion -- three Religion and Same-Sex Marriage -- Introduction -- Civil partnerships -- Same-sex marriages -- Conclusion -- Part II The Road to Reform -- four Unregistered Religious Marriages -- Introduction | |
| 505 | 0 | |a The fear of Sharia -- The Law Commission -- The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life -- Independent Review into the Application of Sharia Law in England and Wales -- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe -- Criminalising celebrants -- Akhter v Khan -- Conclusion -- five Non-Religious Marriages -- Introduction -- The context -- Legislative manoeuvres -- R (On Application of Harrison) v Secretary of State for Justice -- Conclusion -- six The Law Commission's Proposals -- Introduction -- Proposed changes to how people get married -- An officiant-focused system | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Registration officers -- Anglican clergy -- Nominated officiants -- Independent officiants -- Maritime officiants -- Mitigating the problem of unregistered marriages -- The law on validity -- Criminal offences -- Conclusion -- Part III Reform Proposals -- seven Reforming Weddings Law -- Introduction -- Outline of the reforms needed -- Comparative examples -- Scotland. 2 -- Ireland. 5 -- Northern Ireland. 6 -- Jersey -- Guernsey -- Proposed reform -- 1. Registered officiants -- 2. Nominated officials -- 3. Individual applicants -- 4. Applications -- 5. Register of registered officiants | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 6. Continuity provisions -- 2. Nominated officials -- Conclusion -- eight Reforming Validity and Criminal Offences -- Introduction -- The law on validity -- 1. Validity -- Criminal offences -- Forced marriages -- Coercive control -- Fraud -- Conclusion -- nine Reforming Cohabitation Rights -- Introduction -- Cohabitation rights -- Different approaches -- The Scottish model -- The Irish model -- Law Commission proposals -- Private Member's bills -- Conclusion -- ten Conclusions: Relationship Solutions -- Index -- Back Cover | |
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