Cohabitation, Marriage and the Law: Social Change and Legal Reform in the 21st Century (Contemporary Family Trends) - Softcover

The structure of the book is businesslike and logical...At the very least, one certainly hopes that such as Melanie Phillips, Anne Atkins and Ann Widdecombe will read Cohabitation, Marriage and the Law before next announcing that only married couples merit recognition and protection under our law. Professor Chris Barton Child and Family Law Quarterly Volume 18, No.1, 2006 ...offers a helpful and clarifying look at the realities of cohabitation, marriage and the law in Britain today. John A. Dick INTAMS Journal for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality Vol 13/1, Spring 2007

This book explores public attitudes to cohabitation and marriage and 'common law marriage myth' (the false belief that cohabitants have the same legal rights as married couples)