Metz, Tamara. <br/><br/>
Untying the knot :  marriage, the state, and the case for their divorce / 
Tamara Metz. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  2010. 
 - 205 p. 
<br/><br/>Toward a liberal theory of marriage and the state -- Confusion in the courts -- Marriage and the state in liberal political thought -- Marriage : a formal, comprehensive social institution -- The liberal case for disestablishing marriage and creating an intimate caregiving union status --- Reconsidering the public/private debate. HKBU Library 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691126678 0691126674 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Marriage--United States.<br/>Divorce--United States.<br/>Civil unions--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ536  / M596 U 2010