人間情愛的存在自古以來總是超越國家與社會道德的管制，她總是出現在他自已想要出現的地方/時候，但是逐漸在改變的是，國家法律體系日益增強與多變之管制手段。透過法律、公共政策、法律執行，國家政府實際上規範著人民的日常生活與其對生活的想像，包括高度隱密、涉及親密關係安排之核心生活領域。究竟台灣現行法律體系如何評價「親密關係」(intimacies)？到底「性別」、「性」、「性傾向」、「階級」、「種族」與人格發展、親密關係形成有何關聯？國家權力有正當理由介入嗎? 如果有正當理由，應該如何規制親密關係？國家權力？如果沒有正當理由，遇到不當介入，個人又該如何反制？ 本文試圖檢視超越「性別」(性別角色、生理性別、性傾向等)、超越國界、超越宗教法律體系等之「跨界」親密關係，希望提供一個剖析目前法律體系規範親密關係之架構，企圖解讀、辨識在五花八門的管制手段背後之意識型態，並論述一個應受憲法保護之親密關係核心領域，發掘受女性主義、性別研究啟發之法律與公共政策改革其可能性，以回應當代台灣社會許多非異性戀或性/別不馴者(gender non－conformer)發展親密關係的實際需求，包括同性結婚、跨性別結婚、單身/同性伴侶欲進行人工生殖、同性收養、跨國籍者結婚等不同形式之親密關係組合。

This article raises two core questions. Firstly, in pursuing the aim of “family harmony” at the state level, what should law be trying to influence? The challenge here is to identify a model of the determinants of “family” that is adequate for legal purposes and that illustrates the entry points where law could best be used as an instrument of public policy. Secondly, what strategies and tools can law offer to securing families and exploring sexuality? This project provides a conceptual framework for re-thinking about the role of law in responding to intimacy, especially family and sexuality in Taiwan. I will examine current Taiwanese law and regulations, including civil law, criminal law, administrative law, artificial insemination law, nationality law and regulations, and analyze their inherent sex/gender、race、class nationality bias. The author advocates Taiwanese legal system should look into the social reality in which distinctive forms of intimacy thrive, and recompose a more done-to-earth mechanism to regulate intimate relationships if the justified governmental interest is found.