%0 Journal Article
%T La reconnaissance l¨¦gale du couple de m¨ºme sexe en Europe
%A Banens
%A Maks
%J Ex aequo
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X at the time being, same-sex couples have been legalized in twenty one european countries. the legalization raised new questions. the article treats three of them: how can we understand the timeline of legalization throughout europe? how can we understand the diversity of the newly created legal statutes? how can we explain diversity in frequen-cies of use? results of a comparative socio-demographic analysis show that the retreat of traditional marriage is the key factor for legalization and for the frequency of its use. it faci-litates legalization, but reduces its use. moreover, the different types of legal statutes bring out the traditional european opposition between differentialism and universalism.
%K homosexuality
%K marriage
%K same-sex couple
%K europe.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-55602011000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en