Open AccessQuo Vadis, Civil Partnership?
Author(s) -
Jens M. Scherpe
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v46i3.4904
Subject(s) - general partnership , globe , status quo , position (finance) , political science , project commissioning , publishing , same sex , sociology , law , gender studies , economics , psychology , finance , neuroscience
This article discusses and compares the different concepts of civil partnership around the globe: either as functional equivalent to marriage for same-sex couples only or as an alternative to marriage for all couples. It analyses its declining role in the wake of widespread marriage equality reforms and then discusses, in particular, the current position of England and Wales, and Scotland, where ill-conceived law reform has led to a situation in which same-sex couples are privileged and opposite-sex couples are discriminated against.