Looking for Love in the Legal Discourse of Marriage

This book examines the (in)visibility of romantic love in the legal discourse surrounding modern Australian marriage. It looks at how romantic love has become a core part of modernity, and a dominant part of the Western marriage discourse, and considers how the ideologies of romantic love are (or ar...

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description This book examines the (in)visibility of romantic love in the legal discourse surrounding modern Australian marriage. It looks at how romantic love has become a core part of modernity, and a dominant part of the Western marriage discourse, and considers how the ideologies of romantic love are (or are not) replicated in the legal meaning of marriage. This examination raises two key issues. If love has become central to people’s understanding of marriage, then it is important for the legitimacy of law that love is reflected in both the content and application of the law. More fundamentally, it requires us to reconsider how we understand law, and to ask whether it is engaged with emotions, or separate from them. Along the way this book also considers the meaning of love itself in contemporary society, and asks whether love is a radical force capable of breaking down conservative meanings embedded in institutions like marriage, or whether it simply mirrors them. This book will be of interest to everyone working on love, marriage and sexuality in the disciplines of law, sociology and philosophy.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-263572025-07-30T08:59:06Z Looking for Love in the Legal Discourse of Marriage Grossi, Renata law australia marriage love Feminism Heterosexuality Reproduction Romance (love) Same-sex marriage Sexual intercourse thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNM Family law::LNMB Family law: marriage, separation and divorce thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNM Family law::LNMB Family law: marriage, separation and divorce This book examines the (in)visibility of romantic love in the legal discourse surrounding modern Australian marriage. It looks at how romantic love has become a core part of modernity, and a dominant part of the Western marriage discourse, and considers how the ideologies of romantic love are (or are not) replicated in the legal meaning of marriage. This examination raises two key issues. If love has become central to people’s understanding of marriage, then it is important for the legitimacy of law that love is reflected in both the content and application of the law. More fundamentally, it requires us to reconsider how we understand law, and to ask whether it is engaged with emotions, or separate from them. Along the way this book also considers the meaning of love itself in contemporary society, and asks whether love is a radical force capable of breaking down conservative meanings embedded in institutions like marriage, or whether it simply mirrors them. This book will be of interest to everyone working on love, marriage and sexuality in the disciplines of law, sociology and philosophy. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2014-10-13 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:40:52Z 2014 book 502537 OCN: 881471691 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33349 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26357 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33349/1/502537.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33349/1/502537.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33349/1/502537.pdf ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_502537 10.26530/OAPEN_502537 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 open access
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Looking for Love in the Legal Discourse of Marriage
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Heterosexuality
Reproduction
Romance (love)
Same-sex marriage
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