TY - BOOK AU - Gilbert,Andrew TI - British conservatism and the legal regulation of intimate relationships SN - 9781509915880 U1 - 346.15041 PY - 2018/// CY - Oxford PB - Hart Publishing KW - Domestic relations KW - Great Britain KW - Conservatism KW - Civil unions KW - Law and legislation KW - Same-sex marriage KW - Politics and government KW - 1997-2010 KW - 1979-1997 KW - 2010- N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Conservatism and family law -- 3. Marriage and divorce in transition: the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 -- 4. Major change?: family law and policy in the decade following the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 -- 5. Divorcing rhetoric from reality: the Family Law Act 1996 -- 6. 'Commitment rewarded': the Civil Partnership Act 2004 -- 7. An unnatural union?: British conservatism and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 -- 8. Conclusion ER -