Download This PaperSame-Sex Spouses as 'Spouses' Under the EU Family Reunification and Citizens Directives
Journaal Vreemdelingenrecht, no. 2, 2016
12 Pages Posted: 20 Dec 2016
Date Written: 2016
Abstract
This article analyzes the European Union (EU) Family Reunification and Citizens Directives in context and ultimately concludes that their use of the term “spouse” is best interpreted through a broadly inclusive autonomous EU definition or a state-of-formalization choice-of-law rule similar to that adopted by the Obama administration in the United States.
Keywords: same-sex, gay, lesbian, marriage, spouse, E.U., EU, European Union, directive, Family Reunification, Citizens Directive, citizens, immigration, migration, family-based
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Titshaw, Scott, Same-Sex Spouses as 'Spouses' Under the EU Family Reunification and Citizens Directives (2016). Journaal Vreemdelingenrecht, no. 2, 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2887419
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