Common Law Marriage: A Legal Institution for Cohabitation

ISBN-13: 9780195366815 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 1246 str.

G'Oran Lind

Opis

The extraordinary recent increase in rates of cohabitation and non-marital birth presents a major challenge to traditional family law principles, and the legal rules governing cohabitation are thus among the most hotly contested areas of family law and policy today. In many nations, courts, legislatures, and law-reform bodies are "reinventing" common law marriage, seemingly without any sense of its history, doctrinal development, or limitations.

The current law surrounding common law marriage is extremely complex. Professor Goran Lind has undertaken the demanding task of writing the most well-researched text on this topic to date. Separated into three Parts, Common Law Marriage covers the origins of the doctrine, its legal aspects in modern America, and the future of cohabitation law across the globe and in the 11 American jurisdictions that currently recognize common law marriage. It provides a cultural and historical history of the subject, from Ancient Roman Law to Medieval Canon Law, and analyzes over 2,000 American cases which have utilized the doctrine.

This timely book is an excellent resource for scholars, legislators, and policymakers who are interested in the complex legalities of common law marriage.

Recenzje

Professor Lind's work is extremely timely and his research is extremely thorough. He offers both a contemporary and an historical perspective and his analysis is careful and thoughtful. It provides the information that policymakers and scholars need, and does so in a thorough and unbiased manner. I expect that this book will have a significant impact on the development of the law governing cohabitation." Marsha Garrison, Brooklyn Law School

O autorze

Göran Lind is the Manager of The JURA Law Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, which educates practitioners, from judges to attorneys, on the entire field of law. He received his Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Laws from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, where he is currently an Associate Professor on the Faculty of Law. Professor Göran Lind is a Doctor of Laws and an Associate Professor on the faculty of law at the University of Uppsala and elected best teacher by his students. Lind is also the general manager of the Jura Law Institute, which educates judges, attorneys, solicitors and other practicing lawyers on the whole field of law. Lind's special legal interests include writing books and articles on family law, inheritance law, statute interpretation law, international private law and comparative law. Professor Lind is the author of books and articles on family law, inheritance law, statute interpretation law, international private law and comparative law.