Civil unions and the duty of fidelity: a comparative study

The so-called Western World has seen an increase in the number of States that, through a variety of legislative procedures and policies, have enabled same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition for their relationships. The article mainly focuses on the registered partnerships, providing an analyses of some interesting types of same-sex civil unions which outlines both their key features and their differences from the institution of marriage. The situation The so-called Western World has seen an increase in the number of States that, through a variety of legislative procedures and policies, have enabled same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition for their relationships. The article mainly focuses on the registered partnerships, providing an analyses of some interesting types of same-sex civil unions which outlines both their key features and their differences from the institution of marriage. The situation The so-called Western World has seen an increase in the number of States that, through a variety of legislative procedures and policies, have enabled same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition for their relationships. The article mainly focuses on the registered partnerships, providing an analyses of some interesting types of same-sex civil unions which outlines both their key features and their differences from the institution of marriage. The situation becomes much more complicated when we look beyond European borders. At the end, in light of the historical-cultural evolution of the duty of fidelity within the marital relationship, one wonders whether, from a comparative perspective, this duty is present in modern legislation and especially if and in what way it is foreseen for homosexual couples