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21 SEP 2011
Why don't they marry? Cohabitation, commitment and DIY marriage [2005] CFLQ 383
Why don't they marry? Cohabitation,...
This article asks why cohabitants do not marry, when it would seem to be advantageous for them to do so. First, we examine the influence of the 'common law marriage myth', the mistaken but widespread...
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