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Title Reconceiving the family : critique on the American Law Institute's Principles of the law of family dissolution / edited by Robin Fretwell Wilson.

Publication Info. Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 542 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Beyond fault and no-fault in the reform of marital dissolution law / Lynn D. Wardle -- Acity without duty, fault or shame / Scott FitzGibbon -- Partners, caregivers, and the constitutional substance of parenthood / David D. Meyer -- Custody law and the ALI's principles : a little history, a little policy, and some very tentative judgments / Robert J. Levy -- Undeserved trust : reflections on the ALI's treatment of de facto "parents" / Robin Fretwell Wilson -- Asymmetric parenthood / Katharine K. Baker -- Paying to stay home : on competing notions of fairness and the imputation of income / Mark Strasser -- The ALI property division principles : a model of radical paternalism? / John DeWitt Gregory -- Unprincipled family dissolution : the ALI's recommendations for division of property / David Westfall -- You and me against the world : marriage and divorce from creditors' perspective / Marie T. Reilly -- Back to the future : the perils and promise of a backward looking jurisprudence / June Carbone -- Money as emotion and the distribution of wealth at divorce / Katharine B. Silbaugh -- Postmodern marriage as seen through the lens of ALI's "compensatory payments" / Katherine Shaw Spaht -- Domestic partnership and default rules / Margaret F. Brinig -- Private ordering under the ALI principles : as natural as status / Martha M. Ertman -- Marriage matters : what's wrong with the ALI's domestic partnership proposal / Marsha Garrison -- Domestic partnership, implied contracts, and law reform / Elizabeth S. Scott -- The principles and Canada's "beyond conjugality" report : the move towards abolition of state marriage laws / Jane adolphe -- The ALI principles and agreements : seeking a balance between status and contract / Brian H. Bix -- The principles on agreements "fairness" and international human right law / Barbara Stark -- A formula for fool's gold : the illustrative child support formula in chapter 3 of the ALI's Principles / Maura D. corrigan -- A response to the principles' domestic partnership scheme / Jean Hoefer Toal -- Empowerment and responsibility : the balance sheet approach in the principles and English law / John Eekelaar -- The past caretaking standard in comparative perspective / Patrick Parkinson -- Compensating gain and loss in marriage : a Scandinavian comment on the ALI principles / Tone Sverdrup.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This 2006 book provides a critical examination of and reflection on the American Law Institute's (ALI) Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations ('Principles'), arguably the most sweeping proposal for family law reform attempted in the US over the last quarter century. The volume is a collaborative work of individuals from diverse perspectives and disciplines who explore the fundamental questions about the nature of family, parenthood, and child support. The contributors are all recognized authorities on aspects of family law and provide commentary on the principles examined by the ALI - fault, custody, child support, property division, spousal support and domestic partnerships, utilizing a wide range of analytical tools, including economic theory, constitutional law, social science data and linguistic analysis. This volume also includes the perspectives of US judges and legislators and leading family law scholars in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and Australia.
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Subject American Law Institute. Principles of the law of family dissolution.
Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Divorce -- Law and legislation.
United States.
Custody of children -- United States.
Custody of children.
Child support -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Child support -- Law and legislation.
Equitable distribution of marital property -- United States.
Equitable distribution of marital property.
Divorce settlements -- United States.
Divorce settlements.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Child custody.
Added Author Wilson, Robin Fretwell.
Other Form: Print version: Reconceiving the family. Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521861195 9780521861199 (DLC) 2006010004 (OCoLC)65207107
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