Do government sponsored marriage promotion policies place undue pressure on individual rights?

Policy Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-259

  Struening, Karen ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutional law; Freedom of intimate association; Healthy marriage initiative; Individual rights; Marriage promotion policy; Privacy and sexual conduct jurisprudence

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; MARRIAGE; STATE ROLE;

EID: 35648935426     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-007-9044-9     Document Type: Article

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