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This note critically interrogates the Civil Partnership Act 2004. Through an examination of the legislative background and some of the provisions of the Act, it is argued that civil partnership mirrors a marriage model with some exceptions. In creating this new legal status, the legislation also exacerbates the exclusion of some relationship forms from dominant legal norms. It should be understood as part of an agenda for social inclusion, rather than as radical social change.
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Stychin, C.F. NOT (QUITE) A HORSE AND CARRIAGE. Feminist Legal Stud 14, 79–86 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-006-9015-0
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