What's all this about the "end of marriage"? Marriage - or the lack of it - has featured prominently in the news recently. First, the Conservative Party resurrected the idea of providing financial incentives to married couples in its Breakdown Britain policy tome; then the Law Commission published its recommendations on how the law should help cohabitating couples deal with the financial consequences of relationship breakdown or the death of a partner. According to some commentators, the first idea would ensure more people marry, while the Law Commission recommendations would finish off the institution of marriage.
Is marriage only about money then? The paper refers to Australian research indicating that laws like these have no discernable effect on whether people marry or live together. It even argues that the introduction of such financial protection could stem the trend to cohabit.
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