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Families and Law
About this book
The family and the law, with its attendant legal systems, share a pervasive connectedness. With this new volume, family practitioners and scholars can begin to increase the family?s position in relation to the law and legal system. The contributing authors bring to light the power of laws and the ways to influence them,for the benefit of the family.
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Index
A mensa et thoro, 6
A vinculo matrimonii, 6, 7
Abbott, G., 218–219
Abel Beth-Maachah, 297–298
Abortion
rights of children, Supreme Court decisions, 130–131
rights of fathers, 40–42
spousal consent regarding, 41
Supreme Court decision on, 284
Absolute divorce, 7
Abuse
spousal
in early England, punishment, 9
men’s rights regarding, 42–43
sterilization, 264
Achtenberg, R., 69
ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union
Adams, A., 13–14
Adams, J., 13–14
Adoption
in gay and lesbian relationships, 63–64
rights of unwed fathers regarding, 39–40
by stepparents, 176–177
Adultery
divorce due to, 101
in early England, punishment for, 7–8
AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children
African American(s)
marriages among, in post-Revolutionary America, 21–22
unemployment rates for, 87–88
African American family
black matriarchy in, 80–81
child care issues, 92–93
controversial issues in, 80
credit issues, 88–89
divorce in, 80
employment issues, 87–88
housing issues, 89–92. See also Housing, in African American families
illegitimacy in, 80, 81–82
inequality of, in United States, 79–80
negative view of, 80
non-traditional unions, 82
public welfare in, 80
single-parent, 77–93. See also African American family, and U.S. legal system
AFDC for, 83–87. See also AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)
employment issues, 87–88
historical rationales for, 81–82
housing issues, 89–92
Legal Aid for, 82–83
legal services benefiting, 83
poverty rate, 87
prevalence, 87
segregation of, 90
Social Security cuts effects on, 84–85
welfare for, 83–87
and U.S. legal system, 77–93. See also African American family, single-parent
common law marriages, 82
economic is...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Fantasy Fulfillment
- Law and the Family in Historical Perspective: Issues and Antecedents
- Men and Family Law: From Patriarchy to Partnership
- Deconstructing Legal Rationality: The Case of Lesbian and Gay Family Relationships
- The African American Family and the U.S. Legal System
- Divorce Law in the United States
- Children’s Legal Rights in the U.S.
- Cohabitation and the Law
- Law and Stepfamilies
- Bankruptcy and the Family
- The Effect of Welfare Laws on the Family
- The Limits of Care: A Case Study of Legal and Ethical Issues in Filial Responsibility
- Reproductive Technologies and the Law: Norplant and the Bad Mother
- Deborah: Archetypal Federal and Family Judge
- Index