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To Have and to Hold: Further Reading

If you would like to read more about the history of marriage and alternative family structures, check out this list of sources by Shanley and Citron.

Shanley, Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895 (Princeton UP, 1989)

Shanley, Making Babies, Making Families: What Matters in an Age of Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy, Adoption, and Same-sex and Unwed Parents’ Rights (Beacon, 2001)

Shanley, “Just Marriage: On the Public Importance of Private Unions,” in Just Marriage, ed. by Joshua Cohen and Deborah Chasman, (Oxford UP, 2004)

Citron, “Will it be Marriage or Civil Union,” in The Gay & Lesbian Review, 11(2), 2004

Citron, “Lawrence v. Texas: A Victory for Liberty,” in The Gay & Lesbian Review, 10(6), 2003