Mary Lyndon Shanley is the Margaret Stiles Halleck Professor of Political Science at Vassar College. Her most recent book is Making Babies, Making Families.

"It is difficult for disagreements about the public meaning of marriage to be reasonable today. Mary Shanley sets the tone with strong views reasonably stated, and her interlocutors follow her example. This is an articulate and timely conversation!"--Iris Marion Young, author of Inclusion and Democracy

• Part I Mary Lyndon Shanley: Just Marriage: On the Public Importance of Private Unions Part II Nancy F. Cott: The Public Stake Joan C. Tronto: Marriage: Love or Care? Cass R. Sunstein: Of Federalism and Caste Martha Albertson Fineman: Why Marriage? David B. Cruz: Mystification, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Couples in Marriage William N. Eskridge Jr.: The Relational Case for Same-Sex Marriage Amitai Etzioni: A Communitarian Position for Civil Unions Milton C. Reagan Jr.: Between Justice and Commitment Elizabeth F. Emens: Just Monogamy? Drucilla Cornell: The Public Supports of Love Wendy Brown: After Marriage Brenda Cossman: Beyond Marriage Tamara Metz: Why We Should Disestablish Marriage Part III Mary Lyndon Shanley: Afterword

Mary Lyndon Shanley is the Margaret Stiles Halleck Professor of Political Science at Vassar College. Her most recent book is Making Babies, Making Families.

"It is difficult for disagreements about the public meaning of marriage to be reasonable today. Mary Shanley sets the tone with strong views reasonably stated, and her interlocutors follow her example. This is an articulate and timely conversation!"--Iris Marion Young, author of Inclusion and Democracy

• Part I Mary Lyndon Shanley: Just Marriage: On the Public Importance of Private Unions Part II Nancy F. Cott: The Public Stake Joan C. Tronto: Marriage: Love or Care? Cass R. Sunstein: Of Federalism and Caste Martha Albertson Fineman: Why Marriage? David B. Cruz: Mystification, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Couples in Marriage William N. Eskridge Jr.: The Relational Case for Same-Sex Marriage Amitai Etzioni: A Communitarian Position for Civil Unions Milton C. Reagan Jr.: Between Justice and Commitment Elizabeth F. Emens: Just Monogamy? Drucilla Cornell: The Public Supports of Love Wendy Brown: After Marriage Brenda Cossman: Beyond Marriage Tamara Metz: Why We Should Disestablish Marriage Part III Mary Lyndon Shanley: Afterword