Mateusz Stępień is a professor in the Department of Sociology of Law, Jagiellonian University, Poland.Anna Juzaszek is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology of Law and Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

• Introduction; Part I – Theoretical and historical foundations of relationship design, human rights and pluralism in Europe; 1. Value-centered approach to the plurality of types of intimate relationships; 2. Article 12 of the ECHR: What are the Implications of the Right to Marry for Relationship Diversity?; 3. Resisting Family Diversity? A Queer Perspective on the European Court of Human Rights Attitudes Towards Heteronormativity and Legal Pluralism in Family Regimes; 4. The Transformation of Marriage: A Historical Interpretation of a Triple Change; Part II – Legal responses to non-state marriages and proposals for reforms; 5. Addressing Non-State Marriages in State Law: Responses from the Netherlands; 6. A Study of Muslim Marriage (and Divorce) Practices in England & Wales: Making a Case for Reform; 7. Legal Pluralism’s Perspectives and Human Rights Challenges in Marriage and Divorce Norms: The Case of Muslims in Europe; Part III – Empirical research on the marital reality of individuals; 8. Contestations about Polygyny: Converts to Islam in the Netherlands; 9. Religious Knowledge and Legal Rights: A Study of Nikah and Secular Marriage Among South Asian Muslim Women in England; 10. ‘Love’ Versus ‘Convenience’: Muslim-Christian Couples Before the Ceutan Marriage Registry; 11. Labour Market Position, Acculturation Orientation and Other Factors Influencing Migrant Women’s Choices of Partners and Marriage Decisions: The Case Study of a Polish Woman Living in Madrid.

Mateusz Stępień is a professor in the Department of Sociology of Law, Jagiellonian University, Poland.Anna Juzaszek is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology of Law and Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

• Introduction; Part I – Theoretical and historical foundations of relationship design, human rights and pluralism in Europe; 1. Value-centered approach to the plurality of types of intimate relationships; 2. Article 12 of the ECHR: What are the Implications of the Right to Marry for Relationship Diversity?; 3. Resisting Family Diversity? A Queer Perspective on the European Court of Human Rights Attitudes Towards Heteronormativity and Legal Pluralism in Family Regimes; 4. The Transformation of Marriage: A Historical Interpretation of a Triple Change; Part II – Legal responses to non-state marriages and proposals for reforms; 5. Addressing Non-State Marriages in State Law: Responses from the Netherlands; 6. A Study of Muslim Marriage (and Divorce) Practices in England & Wales: Making a Case for Reform; 7. Legal Pluralism’s Perspectives and Human Rights Challenges in Marriage and Divorce Norms: The Case of Muslims in Europe; Part III – Empirical research on the marital reality of individuals; 8. Contestations about Polygyny: Converts to Islam in the Netherlands; 9. Religious Knowledge and Legal Rights: A Study of Nikah and Secular Marriage Among South Asian Muslim Women in England; 10. ‘Love’ Versus ‘Convenience’: Muslim-Christian Couples Before the Ceutan Marriage Registry; 11. Labour Market Position, Acculturation Orientation and Other Factors Influencing Migrant Women’s Choices of Partners and Marriage Decisions: The Case Study of a Polish Woman Living in Madrid.

Mateusz Stępień is a professor in the Department of Sociology of Law, Jagiellonian University, Poland.Anna Juzaszek is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology of Law and Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

• Introduction; Part I – Theoretical and historical foundations of relationship design, human rights and pluralism in Europe; 1. Value-centered approach to the plurality of types of intimate relationships; 2. Article 12 of the ECHR: What are the Implications of the Right to Marry for Relationship Diversity?; 3. Resisting Family Diversity? A Queer Perspective on the European Court of Human Rights Attitudes Towards Heteronormativity and Legal Pluralism in Family Regimes; 4. The Transformation of Marriage: A Historical Interpretation of a Triple Change; Part II – Legal responses to non-state marriages and proposals for reforms; 5. Addressing Non-State Marriages in State Law: Responses from the Netherlands; 6. A Study of Muslim Marriage (and Divorce) Practices in England & Wales: Making a Case for Reform; 7. Legal Pluralism’s Perspectives and Human Rights Challenges in Marriage and Divorce Norms: The Case of Muslims in Europe; Part III – Empirical research on the marital reality of individuals; 8. Contestations about Polygyny: Converts to Islam in the Netherlands; 9. Religious Knowledge and Legal Rights: A Study of Nikah and Secular Marriage Among South Asian Muslim Women in England; 10. ‘Love’ Versus ‘Convenience’: Muslim-Christian Couples Before the Ceutan Marriage Registry; 11. Labour Market Position, Acculturation Orientation and Other Factors Influencing Migrant Women’s Choices of Partners and Marriage Decisions: The Case Study of a Polish Woman Living in Madrid.