Grossman / Friedman Inside the Castle

Law and the Family in 20th Century America
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3977-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 456 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Grossman, Joanna L.

Friedman, Lawrence M.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part One: Tying the Knot: Marriage and Promises to Marry

Chapter One: Marriage and the State 27

Chapter Two: Marriage, Law, and Society: A Tangled Web 51

Chapter Three: Common-Law Marriage 78

Chapter Four: The End of Heart Balm 90

Part Two: Anything Goes: love and romance in a Permissive Age

Chapter Five: The Rise of Sexual Freedom 109

Chapter Six: Cohabitation 121

Chapter Seven: Same-Sex Relationships 142

Part Three: When the Music Stops: Dissolving a Marriage and the Aftermath

Chapter Eight: Untying the Knot: Divorce and Annulment 159

Chapter Nine: Dollars and Sense: The Economic Consequences of Divorce 192

Chapter Ten: Collateral Damage: The Children of Divorce 215

Part Four: The Old and the New Generation

Chapter Eleven: The Extended Family: Elder Law and the Law of Inheritance 235

Chapter Twelve: Parents and Children: Rights and Duties 262

Chapter Thirteen: Whom Do We Belong To? Parentage and the Law 286

Chapter Fourteen: Chosen People: Adoption and the Law 305

Conclusion: Into the Void 330

Notes 333

Index 423

Über Autor(innen)

Joanna L. Grossman is professor of law at Hofstra University and the coeditor of Gender Equality. Lawrence M. Friedman is the Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford University. His books include A History of American Law.