Before marriage: The unexplored history of nonmarital recognition and its relationship to marriage

California Law Review

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-172

  NeJaime, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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