On the other hand, the relative lack of legal constraints is for many people an inducement to cohabit. It is therefore somewhat paradoxical that the long arm of the law is slowly reaching into the lives of cohabitants in an effort to better protect their rights.
另一方面，相較於婚姻，沒有法律束縛原是許多人選擇同居的誘因，然而，弔詭的是，為了保障同居者的權益，法律的手也一步一步進逼。