Cohabitation, Marriage and the Law: Social Change and Legal Reform in the 21st Century

Cohabitation, Marriage and the Law: Social Change and Legal Reform in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-161

  Barlow, Anne ^a   Duncan, Simon ^b   James, Grace ^c   Park, Alison ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e British Social Attitudes Survey series ^*  (United Kingdom)

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