Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1997. / This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #029-0413. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-72).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-52).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1974. / Also available in print.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rechtshoogeschool te Batavia, 1936. / Includes indexes. Errata leaf inserted at end. Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-232).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-71).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-77).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Mainz, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references.

Currently, a great schism exists in the way that the law of financial provision treats cohabiting and married couples on relationship breakdown. Given that research consistently demonstrates that women are predominantly responsible for carrying out homemaking activities regardless of employment status, at the heart of this divide is the way that the law attributes value to this traditionally female role. In the married context, on divorce, breadwinning and homemaking contributions have equal value, yet in the cohabitation context only financial contributions are recognised, with homemaking having no value attributed to it. This polarised approach has received extensive criticism from the courts, the legal profession and the academic community, both for overvaluing domestic contributions in the married context and for ignoring or at best undervaluing them in the cohabitation context. Yet, despite the agreement over the inadequacies in this area, there is a lack of consensus over the direction that reform should take, and so far attempts have been slow and have often come to nothing, especially in the cohabitation context. Furthermore, feminist opinion is divided about whether financial recognition of domestic contributions in family law poses a threat to the financial autonomy of women, encouraging patriarchal financial dependence; or whether such developments redress a glaring inequality inherent in gendered roles freely chosen within the family. Consequently, this project uses the two very differing feminist positions of Ruth Deech and Martha Fineman who embody this divide as the lens through which to explore this dichotomous tension underlying the law in this area. To test out these two feminist stances, this project uses a range of doctrinal, feminist and empirical methodology, namely interviews with legal practitioners, to compare the approaches in New Zealand, Scotland and Queensland, Australia alongside England and Wales, where each jurisdiction differentially reflects a point on a spectrum between Deech and Fineman’s contrasting positions. This project also uses focus groups with members of the public in England and Wales to ascertain the affected communities’ views on these models of financial provision. Drawing on these results, this thesis shall consider how the law of financial provision in England and Wales should divide assets on relationship breakdown in the marriage, civil partnership and the same- and different-sex cohabiting context. Should it promote financial autonomy or should it offer greater protection to those who lead gendered lives in the private sphere?

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:20:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ibrahim Fleury de Camargo Madeira Filho.pdf: 1435724 bytes, checksum: 1f65dc9108fceffcbe58c15093370219 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-14 / The Federal Constitution of 1988, in reference to the Family Law, innovated in disposing the Article 226, 3rdparagraph: For effect of protection of the State, it is recognized the common-law marriage between man and woman as a familiar entity, and the law should facilitate its conversion into civil marriage . We have concentrated on the second part of this constitutional precept and only the common-law marriage between man and woman. There have been new judgments by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) based on this modification. Although the Constitution has oriented to the law enactment, that facilitated the conversion of the common-law marriage, between man and woman, into civil marriage, the legislators haven`t accomplished their mission, or at least, they haven`t done it properly. Not even with the enactment of the law n. 9.278 from 05-10-1996, nor the Civil Code from 2002, article n. 1.726. There some bills about the theme mentioned above that have been examined by the National Congress. These omissions on the laws cause many problems and the Justice Court-inspecting Authority of each State has tried to supply them. We have observed, since antiquity, there is a concern about formalizing marriages among the couples who have informal relationships. Moreover, according to the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute (IBGE) more than 1/3 (one-third) of the Brazilian couples haven`t got the civil registry to legalize their common-law marriage. This constitutional law being examined has been created for their assistance. We consider the conversion of the common-law marriage into civil marriage similar to the conversion of religious marriage into civil marriage. Our research has involved comparative law and revealed many similarities between Brazilians Laws and those of other nations, but they have less detail and are not expressed at the Constitutional level, as seen in Brazil, where it is established that the law should facilitate the conversion of the common-law marriage into civil marriage. We have indicated the possible reasons, judicial and practical, to think about the right to convert common-law marriage into civil marriage; the indispensable constitutional and legal requirements for it; the adequate procedures to be within the constitutional law; beyond the effects derived from exercising of this right / A Constituição Federal de 1988, no que se refere ao direito de família, inovou ao dispor, no art. 226, § 3º, que: Para efeito de proteção do Estado, é reconhecida a união estável entre o homem e a mulher como entidade familiar, devendo a lei facilitar sua conversão em casamento . Dedicamo-nos à segunda parte desse preceito constitucional e apenas à união formada entre o homem e a mulher. Assim procedemos considerando os recentes julgamentos do Supremo Tribunal Federal. No que diz respeito ao tema do nosso trabalho, constatamos que, embora o Poder Constituinte haja orientado para a edição de lei que facilite a conversão da união estável, entre o homem e a mulher, em casamento, o legislador ordinário ainda não cumpriu essa missão ou, ao menos, assim não o fez adequadamente, nem ao editar a Lei n. 9.278, de 10 de maio de 1996, muito menos o art. 1.726 do Código Civil de 2002. É certo que há proposições legislativas, a esse respeito, tramitando no Congresso Nacional. Essa situação, de lacuna no direito, gera problemas, que normas das Corregedorias-Gerais de Justiça dos Estados procuram suprir. Observamos que, desde a antiguidade, há preocupação no sentido de que os casais afeitos ao relacionamento informal venham a formalizar matrimônio. Ademais, conforme mostram os registros do IBGE Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, dos casais brasileiros, mais de 1/3 (um terço) não tem vínculo inscrito no Registro Civil e são os destinatários imediatos da norma constitucional em estudo. Consideramos a similaridade que pode haver entre a conversão da união estável em casamento e o reconhecimento de efeitos civis do matrimônio religioso. Nossa pesquisa abrangeu o direito comparado, que revelou previsões normativas semelhantes à brasileira, embora sem a peculiaridade de, em sede constitucional, estabelecer que a lei deva facilitar a conversão da união estável em casamento. Apontamos algumas das possíveis razões, jurídicas e práticas, para se pensar no direito à conversão da união estável em casamento; as indispensáveis exigências constitucionais e legais para tanto; o procedimento mais adequado para ser atendido o mandamento constitucional; além dos efeitos decorrentes do exercício desse direito