How Does English Law Give Effect to the Right to Marry and Found a Family as Guaranteed by Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights?

How Does English Law Give Effect to the Right to Marry and Found a Family as Guaranteed by Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights? Article 12 states 'Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and found a family, according to the national laws governing the existence of this right'. The European Court held that there is no one European-wide view of what marriage is and so each country is given …showed first 75 words of 1798 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1798 total…RD EDITION, (1999) BAKER, C, HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998, (1998) ROBERTSON, A, H, PRIVACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, (1973) - (OPSAHL, THE CONVENTION AND THE RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR FAMILY LIFE, PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS THE UNITY OF THE FAMILY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WEBSITES WWW.WESTLAW.CO.UK WWW.BUTTERWORTHS.CO.UK WWW.ECHR.COE.INT/HUDOC WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK WWW.GUARDIAN.CO.UK WWW.LIBERTY-HUMAN-RIGHTS.ORG.UK