Family Life, Family Law, and Family Justice: Tying the Knot

ISBN-13: 9781032305301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 296 str.

Marsha Garrison

Opis

This book combines history, social science, and legal analysis to chart the evolution and interdependence of family life and family law, portray current trends in family life, explain the pressing policy challenges these trends have produced, and analyze the changes in family law that are essential to meeting these challenges.

Spis treści

1. Evolution and Revolution: Family Life and Law from the Elizabethan Era to the Mid Twentieth Century 2. Family Life Today: Old and New Patterns, Old and New Problems 3. Family Values Today: What Goals Should Guide Contemporary Family Law? 4. The New Divorce Law: From Adjudication to Administrative Case Processing, from Discretion to Rules 5. The New Law of Adult Relational Status: Charting Similarities and Differences in Marriage and Cohabitation 6. Family Life: The State’s Role in Promoting Durable, Harmonious Family Relationships 7. Family Care and Family Law: Balancing Public and Private Obligations to Achieve Family Justice

O autorze

Marsha Garrison is 1901 Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY.