In 1988, in the case of Bowen v. Massachusetts, the United States Supreme Court faced
what initially appeared to be the utterly banal task of explaining the meaning of the remedy …

Who sues when cohabiting relationships unwind, before and after reform that extends
matrimonial sharing of family property to cohabitants? This article reports findings from the …

This article addresses the legal situation of unmarried cohabitants in the Canadian province
of Quebec, where they are known as" de facto spouses." 1 The Parliament of Canada and …

This paper contributes to feminist debates on cohabitation by studying judicial discourse
after legal reform. It examines how Canadian judges speak about cohabitation and decide …

This chapter surveys the legal approach to unmarried cohabitation in three Canadian
provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. The jurisdictions exemplify varying …

This paper shares results of a study of judgments applying the common law as adapted to
the cohabitation context. Specifically, the Supreme Court of Canada has held that couples …

At the beginning of the twentieth century, it was possible for a heterosexual couple to
establish a" common law marriage" in many states of the United States, if they lived together …

Although the High Court had once been lauded by English unjust enrichment scholars for its
percipience in its early willingness to recognise the concept of unjust enrichment in 1987, its …