National Report For Hungary 18e Congres International De Droit Compare 18th International Congress On Comparative Law Washington D.C. 2010

Abstract

Although the title of the topic is Same-sex Marriage, a full understanding of what different countries are doing requires a more comprehensive work than analyzing the existence (and in most cases inexistence) of same-sex marriage. For this reason, the major aims of this chapter is (i) to gather statistics about each countries’ regulations on same-sex marriage, (ii) to analyze if there is a common pattern on the regulation of same-sex partners in the world or by region, (iii) to analyze the different conceptualizations of same-sex partnerships around the world, and (iv) to map the progression of the status of same-sex partnerships around the world taking into consideration property regulations, social benefits, family law regulations, tax benefits, among others.