Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors, 1. From Civil Partnership to Same-Sex Marriage: A Decade in British Legal History – Nicola Barker and Daniel Monk, Part One: Towards Marriage, 2. Liberalism by Stealth? The Civil Partnership Act and the New Equalities Agenda in Perspective – Jeffrey Weeks, 3. From Civil Partnership to Marriage in Scotland – Kenneth Mck. Norrie, 4. Opposing Same-Sex Marriage, by Supporting Civil Partnerships: Resistances to LGBT Equalities - Kath Browne and Catherine Nash, 5. Consenting to Gender? The New Spousal Consent Requirement in the Gender Recognition Act 2004 – Flora Renz, Part Two: Changing Minds, Changing Practice? After the Wedding, 6. Social Work, Adoption, Civil Partnerships and Same Sex Marriage – Christine Cocker, 7. Civil Partnership and Ordinary Marriages – Brian Heaphy, 8. The Church of England and Gay Marriage – What Went Wrong? - Giles Goddard, 9. Even Sociologists Get Civilly Partnered? Loving Same-Sex Marriage and Other Contradictions - Yvette Taylor, Part Three: The End of (the) Marriage: Dissolutions, Disputes and the Future, 10. ‘Square peg, round hole?’: The legal regulation of Plus Two Parent Families - Chris Dietz and Julie Wallbank, 11. Judging the Act: Civil Partnerships Disputes in the Courtroom and the Media - Daniel Monk, 1 2. Dissolution or Disillusion? The Unravelling of Civil Partnerships - Rosemary Auchmuty, 1 3. After the Wedding, What Next? Conservatism and Conjugality – Nicola Barker, Index