TY - JOUR
T1 - Now the dust has settled
T2 - The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014
AU - Norrie, Kenneth
N1 -
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Juridical Review following peer review. The definitive published version Now the dust has settled: The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014. Norrie, K. 2014 In : Juridical Review. 2014, 2, p. 135-163 28 p. is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service .
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - An examination of why the arguments against same-sex marriage failed to prevent the Act being passed; and an analysis of the precise legal effects of the Act. It analyses the arguments of the opponents to the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014, which extends the right to marry to same sex couples, and considers why they failed to convince the legislators. Assesses the likely impact of the Act by discussing its provisions: (1) making marriage gender neutral; (2) on the conversion of civil partnerships into marriage; (3) on the solemnisation of marriages and civil partnerships; (4) on the places where marriage and civil partnership ceremonies may be held; and (5) on other changes to the law of marriage and civil partnerships.
AB - An examination of why the arguments against same-sex marriage failed to prevent the Act being passed; and an analysis of the precise legal effects of the Act. It analyses the arguments of the opponents to the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014, which extends the right to marry to same sex couples, and considers why they failed to convince the legislators. Assesses the likely impact of the Act by discussing its provisions: (1) making marriage gender neutral; (2) on the conversion of civil partnerships into marriage; (3) on the solemnisation of marriages and civil partnerships; (4) on the places where marriage and civil partnership ceremonies may be held; and (5) on other changes to the law of marriage and civil partnerships.
KW - same-sex marriage
KW - opposition to same-sex marriage
KW - marriage law
KW - Scottish parliamentary debates
KW - making marriage gender neutral
KW - conversion of civil partnership to marriage
KW - religification of civil partnership
KW - freedom of thought, conscience and religion
KW - marriage celebrants
KW - conscientious objection to same-sex marriage
KW - place of marriage
KW - recognition of overseas marriages and civil partnerships
KW - transgender issues
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M3 - Article
SN - 0022-6785
VL - 2014
SP - 135
EP - 163
JO - Juridical Review
JF - Juridical Review
IS - 2
ER -
