From lack of status to contract: Assessing the french pacte civil de solidarité

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-269

  Probert, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Contractual marriage; PaCS; Reform; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937336532     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01418030126396     Document Type: Article

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