Is Civil Marriage Illiberal?

In Elizabeth Brake (ed.), After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships. Oxford University Press. pp. 29–50 (2016)
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Abstract

This paper defends the institution of civil marriage against the objection that it is inconsistent with political liberalism, and so should be either totally abolished or else transformed virtually beyond recognition.

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The Marriage‐Free State.Clare Chambers - 2013 - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 113 (2pt2):123-143.

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