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An invitation to family law : Principles, process, and perspectives

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: St.Paul,Minn. West Publishing Co. 2000Edition: 2ndDescription: 1398p xxxiISBN:
  • 0314248579
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.015 SCH
Contents:
Summary of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Part I: HUSBAND AND WIFE: 1. An Honorable Estate: Introduction to the Law of Husband and Wife; 2. A Pause to Reflect: The Themes and Functions of Family Law; 3. The Power Vested in Me: State Intervention in the Marriage;; 4. I Three Endow: The Economics of Marriage and Divorce; 5. The Vow and the Covenant: The Contractualization of Family Law; 6. I Plight Thee My Troth: the Unmarried Couple; Part: II: THE FAMILY AND THE CONSTITUTION; 7. The Constitutional View of Families and the Concept of Rights; Part III: PARENT AND CHILD: 8. An Introduction to the Law of Parent and Child; 9. Child Custody: Indeterminacy, Rules, and Discretion; 10. Child Abuse and Neglect: Protecting Children and the Dilemma of Due Process; 11. Child Support and the Enforcement Problem; 12. Parent, Child, Community, State: Dilemmas of Pluralism; Part IV: CONCLUSION: 13. The Family, Society, and The Law: In Conclusion and In Review; Index.
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Summary of Contents;
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
Table of Cases;
Part I: HUSBAND AND WIFE:
1. An Honorable Estate: Introduction to the Law of Husband and Wife;
2. A Pause to Reflect: The Themes and Functions of Family Law;
3. The Power Vested in Me: State Intervention in the Marriage;;
4. I Three Endow: The Economics of Marriage and Divorce;
5. The Vow and the Covenant: The Contractualization of Family Law;
6. I Plight Thee My Troth: the Unmarried Couple;
Part: II: THE FAMILY AND THE CONSTITUTION;
7. The Constitutional View of Families and the Concept of Rights;
Part III: PARENT AND CHILD:
8. An Introduction to the Law of Parent and Child;
9. Child Custody: Indeterminacy, Rules, and Discretion;
10. Child Abuse and Neglect: Protecting Children and the Dilemma of Due Process;
11. Child Support and the Enforcement Problem;
12. Parent, Child, Community, State: Dilemmas of Pluralism;
Part IV: CONCLUSION:
13. The Family, Society, and The Law: In Conclusion and In Review;
Index.







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