Same-Sex Marriages (or Civil Unions/Registered Partnerships) in Slovak Constitutional Law: Challenges and possibilities
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F17%3A10332962" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/17:10332962 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/ulr.340" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/ulr.340</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/ulr.340" target="_blank" >10.18352/ulr.340</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Same-Sex Marriages (or Civil Unions/Registered Partnerships) in Slovak Constitutional Law: Challenges and possibilities
Original language description
In February 2015, Slovakia held a referendum ʻfor the protection of the traditional family.ʼ It was indirectly aimed against the potential legalization of same-sex marriages or civil unions. Owing to the initiative of the Slovak President, the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic (CCSR) reviewed four proposed referendum questions, while one of them was later declared unconstitutional. I attempt to point out the flaws in the CCSR's judgment while looking for an argumentation in favour of the recognition of same-sex marriages/civil unions. I argue that Slovak constitutional law provides several principles for such recognition, which include: civic equality, similarity, equal access, democratic state, and the right to privacy. These principles are compared with the recent ground-breaking judgments of the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. Finally, I briefly scrutinise the objection that recognising a right for same-sex unions means excessive judicial activism and judicializes politics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Utrecht Law Review
ISSN
1871-515X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
34-59
UT code for WoS article
000394256000003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85012098141