Introduction: Questioning Marriage = 1
Anita Bernstein
Part I: Challenges to The Status of Marriage
The Meaning of Marriage = 29
Martha Albertson Fineman
Taking Government Out of The Marriage Business: Families Would Benefit = 70
Dorian Solot
Marshall Miller
What Place for Marriage (e)quality in Marriage Promotion? = 106
Linda C. Mcclain
Part Ii: Some Perils of Attempting Abolition
Anthropological Perspectives on The Abolition of Marriage = 147
Lawrence Rosen
Marriage As a ``badge and Incident'' of Democratic Freedom = 171
Peggy Cooper Davis
The State of Marriage and The State in Marriage: What Must Be Done = 188
Mary Lyndon Shanley
Afterword: Narrowing The Status of Marriage = 217
Anita Bernstein
About The Contributors = 237
Index = 241
Anita Bernstein
Part I: Challenges to The Status of Marriage
The Meaning of Marriage = 29
Martha Albertson Fineman
Taking Government Out of The Marriage Business: Families Would Benefit = 70
Dorian Solot
Marshall Miller
What Place for Marriage (e)quality in Marriage Promotion? = 106
Linda C. Mcclain
Part Ii: Some Perils of Attempting Abolition
Anthropological Perspectives on The Abolition of Marriage = 147
Lawrence Rosen
Marriage As a ``badge and Incident'' of Democratic Freedom = 171
Peggy Cooper Davis
The State of Marriage and The State in Marriage: What Must Be Done = 188
Mary Lyndon Shanley
Afterword: Narrowing The Status of Marriage = 217
Anita Bernstein
About The Contributors = 237
Index = 241