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    Internal Memorandum of the Law for Defenses Of the State of Utah for Polygamist Marriages PA499: Bachelors Capstone Project in Paralegal Studies MEMORANDUM TO: Ted Leopold‚ ESQ. FROM: Keith A. Swift PARALEGAL DATE: October 16‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Deborah Evans-Polygamy defenses for state of Utah Facts: Deborah Evans Met Aaron Conway and his wife Barb Conway five years ago as part of the religious sect Canyon County Family Society that has existed for 25 years with 120

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    Amy Hubbard Prof. Bertrand Expository Writing 101 14 November 2013 One Wife‚ Two Wife‚ Three Wife‚ More? Should Polygamy be Acceptable in Today’s Society? In today’s society‚ we have a variety of family dynamics. Who is to say what is normal? Although there are laws to abide by‚ those laws do not always fit how a family defines itself. We think of a typical family as having one father‚ one mother‚ and perhaps a couple of children‚ but now we are coming to terms with more alternative lifestyles

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    polyandary and how it do relate to law and morality in jurisprudence ? This clarify what is polyandry and how can it relates with law and morality in law ‚ polyandry includes marriage that incorporates more than two accomplices and can fall under the more extensive classification of polyamory. All the more particularly‚ it is a type of polygamy‚ where a lady takes two or more spouses in the meantime. Polyandry is stood out from polygyny‚ including one male and two or more females. On the off chance

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    Anthropology 05 April 15‚ 2014 Polygyny vs. Polyandry In our society‚ we seem to accept marriage as a union between two people. In other societies‚ they have different views on marriage such as polygyny and polyandry. Polygyny is when a man is permitted to marry more than one woman and polyandry permits a woman to marry more than one man. Through the research of anthropologist it was discovered that polyandry is much less common than polygyny. In fact polyandry is only practiced in about four societies

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    What factors contribute to polyandry in Tibet and how stable are these forms of marriage? Polyandry is a form of polygamy marriage whereby one woman has more than one husbands. In Tibet those husbands are often brothers (fraternal polyandry). The wife may not say anything on who the father of the child is so as to avoid tensions and in some cases she might be unsure of the biological father. Even though polyandrous marriages are used to curb population growth and minimise land fragmentation‚ these

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    Anthropology 101 Anthropology 101 Tuesday‚ August 23‚ 2011 9/27/11 9:46 AM Monogamy: one man‚ one woman Polygyny: one man‚ two or more wives Polyandry: one woman two or more husbands Anthropology: the study of the biological and cultural evolution and diversity of human beings‚ past and present. Is a comparative discipline‚ which seeks to understand what makes people different and what they all have in common. Anthropologists: concerned with the description and explanation of reality Formulate

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    monogamous marriage. When a man is married to more than one wife at the one time‚ the relationship is called polygyny‚ and there is no marriage bond between the wives; and when a woman is married to more than one husband at the one time‚ it is called polyandry‚ and there is no marrige bond between the husbands. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives‚ it can be called group marriage. Though there are three or more parties to such marriages‚ sexual activities between the parties are normally

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    among a few non-western cultures‚ not only does the term female promiscuity not exist‚ but women are expected to have various sexual partners in their lifetime. Among the Barí tribe of Venezuela and among some villages in the northwest of Tibet‚ polyandry is a widely practiced and accepted ritual. Women are not only encouraged to have many sexual partners‚ but they are expected to do so. This drastic difference in attitudes with regards to the cultural phenomenon of female promiscuity provides an

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    (Tibet). He has yet to return. Monogamous relationships are common now; however‚ in 1980 families were given back their own farm and land to manage (Childs). When this happened they revived one of their most important marital traditions‚ fraternal polyandry‚ which is where two or more brothers share one wife (Scupin 184). The eldest son took a bride and the younger brothers were included in the marriage contract as junior husbands (Tibet). By doing this it ensured one generation of heirs which the

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    few days as Dorje and his yaks cross a 17‚000 foot mountain‚ taking one break because he has a lot to do before his two older brothers Pema and Sonam. They are joining together in a marriage with a woman in the traditional marriage of fraternal Polyandry‚ common in the Tibetan society. When one brother chooses to marry a wife‚ the other brothers get a wife in the process too. One in which they are treated equally among the other brothers‚ and have the same sexual occurrences with their wife as

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