Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy

by Cynthia Grant Bowman

In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. Unmarried cohabitation has increased at a phenomenal rate in the U.S. over the last few decades, but the law has not responded to the legal issues raised by this new family form. Although a majority of cohabiting unions dissolve within the first two years, many are longer in term and function like other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195372271
• ISBN13: 9780195372274
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"