TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Protection, Parity, or Promotion: Public Attitudes to Cohabitation and the Purposes of Legal Reform
JO  - Law and policy
A1  - Dey, Ian
A1  - Wasoff, Fran
SP  - 159
EP  - 182
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - Cohabitation law reform may be informed by different purposes. Three are considered in this paper: protection of parties at risk when relationships break down, parity of treatment between different forms of partnership, and the promotion of particular family forms. These are considered in relation to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 in the context of recent evidence about public attitudes towards cohabitation. Public attitudes and the approach adopted in the 2006 Act are juxtaposed, raising questions about the alignment of public attitudes and the direction of law reform on cohabitation.<p /> 
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SN  - 0265-8240
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9930.2007.00251.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -