Cohabitation and Religious Marriage: Status, Similarities and Solutions
Rajnaara Akhtar, Patrick Nash, and Rebecca Probert
Abstract
Cohabiting couples and those entering religious-only marriages all too often end up with inadequate legal protection when the relationship ends. Yet, despite this shared experience, the linkages and overlaps between these two groups have largely been ignored in the legal literature. Based on wide-ranging empirical studies, this timely book brings together scholars working in both areas to explore the complexities of the law, the different ways in which individuals experience and navigate the existing legal frameworks and the potential solutions for reform. Illuminating pressing implications fo ... More
Cohabiting couples and those entering religious-only marriages all too often end up with inadequate legal protection when the relationship ends. Yet, despite this shared experience, the linkages and overlaps between these two groups have largely been ignored in the legal literature. Based on wide-ranging empirical studies, this timely book brings together scholars working in both areas to explore the complexities of the law, the different ways in which individuals experience and navigate the existing legal frameworks and the potential solutions for reform. Illuminating pressing implications for social policy, this is an invaluable resource for policy makers, practitioners, researchers and students of family law.
Keywords:
Family law,
Marriage formalities,
Cohabitation,
Muslim Marriage,
Religious-only marriage,
Unregistered marriage,
Policy and Law Reform
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529210835 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2021 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529210835.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Rajnaara Akhtar, editor
De Montfort University
Patrick Nash, editor
University of Cambridge
Rebecca Probert, editor
University of Exeter
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