Defining the Family : : Law, Technology, and Reproduction in An Uneasy Age / / Janet L. Dolgin.

Defining the Family: Law, Technology, and Reproduction in an Uneasy Age provides a sweeping portrait of the family in American law from the nineteenth century to the present. The family today has come to be defined by individuality and choice. Pre-nuptial agreements, non-marital cohabitation, gay an...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997]
©1997
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • ONE. The Transformation of the Family
  • TWO. Family Law in Transition
  • THREE. Status and Contract in Surrogate Motherhood
  • FOUR. Unwed Fathers and Surrogate Mothers
  • FIVE. Social Implications of Biological Transformations
  • SIX. The "Intent" of Reproduction
  • SEVEN. Suffer the Children
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX