Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions

ISBN-13: 9781108816953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 250 str.

Deborah S. Gordon; Browne C. Lewis; Carla Spivack

Opis

This book analyzes estates and trusts cases through a feminist lens to demonstrate how the law has limited the property rights of women and other marginalized groups. This book will be useful to law students learning to read cases and to anyone else interested in understanding ways in which the law has been applied inequitably.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Deborah S. Gordon, Browne Lewis and Carla Spivack; 2. In re Strittmater's Estate, 53 A.2d 205 (N.J. 1947) Commentary: Lloyd Bonfield and Bridget Crawford Judgment: Kristen K. Tiscione; 3. In re Will of Moses, 227 So. 2d at 831 (Miss. 1969) Commentary: Claire May Judgment: Julia Belian; 4. Estate of Wilson, 452 N.E.2d 1228 (N.Y. 1983) Commentary: Deborah S. Gordon Judgment: Camille Davidson; 5. O'Neal v. Wilkes, 439 S.E.2d 490 (Ga. 1994) Commentary: Benedetta Faedi Duramy and Ayelet Blecher-Prigat Judgment: Browne Lewis; 6. Via v. Putnam, 656 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1995) Commentary: Eloisa Rodriguez-Dod Judgment: Elena Marty-Nelson; 7. Estate of Myers, 256 Neb. 817, 594 N.W.2d 563 (1999) Commentary: Danaya C. Wright Judgment: Karen J. Sneddon; 8. Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 532 U.S. 141 (2001) Commentary: Donna Litman Judgment: Naomi R. Cahn; 9. Drevenik v. Nardone, 862 A.2d 635 (Super. Ct. Pa. 2004) Commentary: Elizabeth R. Carter Judgment: Carrie Ann Hagan; 10. Reece v. Elliot, 208 S.W.3d 419, 423 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006) Commentary: Browne Lewis Judgment: Elizabeth Sparks and Browne Lewis; 11. Khabbaz v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 930 A.2d 1180 (N.H. 2007) Commentary: Melanie B. Jacobs and Browne Lewis Judgment: Lynda Wray Black; 12. Karsenty v. Schoukroun, 959 A.2d 1147 (Md. 2008) Commentary: Kent D. Schenkel Judgment: Allison A. Tait.