Same Sex Relationships From Odious Crime To Gay Marriage 2006th Edition Stephen Cretney by Stephen Cretney 9780191711275, 9780199297733, 0199297738, 0191711276 instant download after payment.

Until 1967 homosexual men were being sent to prison for having a relationship. Since 2005, same sex couples have been able to get married — although the law describes the relationship as a ‘civil partnership’. This book describes the remarkable change in social attitudes and analyses the law's responses to those changes. The book considers the different techniques for bringing about change in the law, and contrasts what can properly be achieved by judicial decisions with what can only be achieved by legislation. Much of the law about personal relationships reflects a compromise between different values, and the Civil Partnership Act 2005 is no exception. The book looks at how such changes have been dealt with in other countries, notably in the United States, and it provides a wealth of comparative material.

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