Rethinking Conjugality as the Basis for Family Recognition: A Feminist Rewriting of the Judgment in <em>Burden v. United Kingdom</em>

In Burden v. UK, elderly cohabiting sisters unsuccessfully challenged their exclusion from civil partnerships. They claimed this exclusion was a violation of the prohibition of discrimination (Article 14) and the right to peaceful enjoyment of property (Article 1 of Protocol 1) under the European C...

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Published in:	Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Main Author:	Nicola J. Barker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2016-01-01
Subjects:	Conjugality article 14 European Convention discrimination inheritance tax civil partnership
Online Access:	https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/739