> Dear all, > > The following media reports of wikipedia being quoted a recent Indian > Supreme court case may be of interest to some of you. > > Supreme court Judge Justice Markandey Katju referred to some of the > common > tenets of the *Common Law > Marriage*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage> - > quoting from a Wikipedia entry.
This: Quoting from the Common Law Marriage' entry on Wikipedia an Internet-based encyclopaedia that allows anyone, anywhere in the world to edit entries Justice Katju had listed four conditions a couple must satisfy if they are to get the benefit of such a marriage: they must hold themselves out to society as being akin to spouses; they must be of legal age to marry; they must be otherwise qualified to enter into a legal marriage, including being unmarried; and they must have voluntarily cohabited and held themselves out to the world as being akin to spouses for a significant period of time. from > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article843120.ece is a very interesting use of Wikipedia, to quote black letter law that everyone is familiar with, but which can be a little difficult to cite if one is expected to locate the exact precedent in published decisions. An alternative would be an introductory text of the sort used in law school courses in family law. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
