INTRODUCTION: Revisiting Polygamy

This is the first book that explains not only why the legalization of plural marriage may be on the horizon in America but also why the idea is not really as radical as you might at first glance think; why the legal arguments against it are surprisingly weak; and how administratively, by drawing on...

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1. Verfasser: Goldfeder, Mark
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This is the first book that explains not only why the legalization of plural marriage may be on the horizon in America but also why the idea is not really as radical as you might at first glance think; why the legal arguments against it are surprisingly weak; and how administratively, by drawing on extant legal resources to reform the edges of family law, it would not actually be that difficult to accommodate. We are all living at a critical moment in legal and sociological history. America and the rest of the world are in the midst of a family
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv102bf5r.5