Griffiths, Katherine 2024. Cohabitation law reform in England and Wales: the case for reform and challenges of definition. Probert, Rebecca and Thompson, Sharon, eds. Research Handbook on Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 307-321. |
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Abstract
There have long been calls in England and Wales for the reform of the law regulating the financial consequences of the breakdown of cohabiting relationships. With reference to a new conceptual framework for the legal recognition of adult relationships, this chapter will argue that such a reform is both necessary and overdue, but that function-based frameworks of legal recognition pose particular challenges of definition that require careful consideration. It will be argued that marriage-like definitions are best avoided because they are inherently problematic and instead a flexible definition that takes into account the variety of cohabiting relationships ought to be developed.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | In Press |
Schools: | Law Cardiff Law & Politics |
Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KD England and Wales K Law > KD England and Wales > KDC Scotland |
Publisher: | Edward Elgar |
ISBN: | 9781802202649 |
Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2024 12:24 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166916 |
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