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Berlad Graham LLP, an innovative UK law firm with Family law experts Raanan Berlad and Christine McNeish, is collaborating with Advocate Irit Rosenblum, Philosophical lawyer expert of International family law, founder of New Family Organisation in Israel who conceived and lead the idea to bring a new concept in marriage that removes any State or Religious involvement, giving the couple total control over how they form their relationship.
As a socio legal philosopher, I had long observed a revolution in the perception of the couple and the family. The desire to understand the emergence of a new form of partnership inspired me to study the history and philosophy of the family. My investigations into the evolution of couple and family behavior over time revealed a process of assertion of individual sovereignty, which was expressed in the growing reluctance to choose traditional forms of marriage, such as a religious wedding or civil marriage, and/or a preference to live in a union without a formal marriage license. This development, in my view, is an expression of the desire for privacy and sovereign choice of both partner and form of partnership. The trend embodies various statements such like, “I choose who I love”, “I choose who to create a family with”and I should be able to “choose how my family is formed.” Descartes’ statement, ‘I think, therefore, I am’, from his Discourse on the Method, published in 1637, shattered the religious paradigm that had dominated human existence up until then. With the dawn of the Enlightenment, the most dramatic philosophical process in 1,000 years took place. Descartes’ statement reverberated through history […]
Why should marriage be governed by the state or by religion? Is it not time to allow couples to decide on their relationship and destiny? Why do we still need to ask for permission to be with someone? As a result of the above restrictions a considerable number of couples choose to live together without being married either because they prefer another arrangement or are unable to enter into a marriage for one reason or another. It is suggested that historically marriage is a result of the need for certainty and a mechanism to control and collect taxes. It is not suggested, by any view, that we should allow anarchy and certain rules must govern any healthy society; however, can an ‘agreement’ or ‘contract’ between couples not suffice? In the last few years we have seen in the UK the gay marriage revolution and recently the High Court has had to deal with the request of a heterosexual couple to enter into a civil partnership. No doubt times are changing. In Israel a pioneer lawyer, Mrs Irit Rosenblum, started the revolution about 20 years ago by offering couples a Domestic Union Card’ which has become recognised by most Israeli institutions. […]
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