Marriage as a social and legal phenomenon.

history of this sacred union has deep roots.Such profound that they go to the very first layers of human history.Order of marriage is described in the Bible.From Old Testament times the betrothal is a voluntary union of man and woman, their mutual and took a conscious decision to live together and in harmony with God's standards.The word "normal" we understand the basics of family law, as set out in the Scriptures.

Surprisingly, in spite of the complexity of the device described in the legislation of many countries and there is no clear definition of marriage.It is connected with the fact that the marriage - is not a business contract where the rights and obligations of partners with varying degrees of accuracy amenable to regulation.Marriage - a union, and this definition implies a certain freedom in the relationship between the partners.That is logical, because the family is created, not only and not so much to fulfill some obligations to the community, or to bring up children, how to, making spiritual and physical unity ("and the two shall become one flesh"), carethe spiritual and physical needs of the partner, complement and protect each other.And these spiritual subtlety, no law can not regulate properly.

Considering the order of marriage as a legal phenomenon, there are several types of such unions: the ones that have been recorded in special organs, and the actual church (those who mistakenly called civil).Non-proliferation in Russia, but taking place in the world are such varieties of marriage is polygyny (polygamy), polyandry (on the contrary, when a lot of men), a temporary or a fictitious contract and, finally causing the recent fierce battle among legislators and amongtownsfolk same-sex unions.

itself conduct and rules under which the engagement is legal in various countries is regulated differently.Marriage in Russia, as the legal consequences of this action occurs when the registration will take place in public bodies (such as the order in France, Japan, Germany).In other countries, the choice of form - civil or church registration - remains with the spouses, the state is recognized as the one and the other union (Spain, England, Canada, Italy).Third marriages are made only in a religious form (Israel, some states in the United States and Canada, the Islamic countries).

interesting that the word "marriage" comes from the Greek word γάμος, which is derived from a "brother."Related him the Old Russian "brachiti" is defined as an act aimed at selecting the best of the good and reject the wrong, wrong.Based on the foregoing, it can be concluded that the word "marriage" as a union of two people, and his namesake, indicating low-quality product, not too far in its lexical meaning.It is not surprising that in many countries there are certain limitations and order of marriage for young couples.So, for example, the Family Code states that the conclusion of marriage in Russia is impossible unless someone wanting to start a family is already linked to official family ties with another person.It is also not possible connection between close relatives or if the groom or bride suffer any mental disorder.Legally prohibited braksochetaniya between adoptive parents and adopted children.Meanwhile marriage in Germany in such a situation, it is possible.Only in this case combined cease to be relatives, ieparent and child.The existing procedure of marriage in the civil legislation of the country stops in this case obligations adoption.

As can be seen, for thousands of years of its history, mankind did not develop a common approach to the formation of marriage.Maybe that's why the normal family bonds today turned out to be vulnerable to pressure from public opinion and the freedoms that are incompatible with high morals.