Inside the Castle : : Law and the Family in 20th Century America / / Lawrence M. Friedman, Joanna L. Grossman.
Inside the Castle is a comprehensive social history of twentieth-century family law in the United States. Joanna Grossman and Lawrence Friedman show how vast, oceanic changes in society have reshaped and reconstituted the American family. Women and children have gained rights and powers, and novel f...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: Tying the Knot: Marriage and Promises to Marry
- Chapter One. Marriage and The State
- Chapter Two. Marriage, Law, and Society: A Tangled Web
- Chapter Three. Common-Law Marriage
- Chapter Four. The End of Heart Balm
- Part Two. Anything Goes: Love and Romance in A Permissive Age
- Chapter Five. The Rise of Sexual Freedom
- Chapter Six. Cohabitation
- Chapter Seven. Same-Sex Relationships
- Part Three. When The Music Stops: Dissolving A Marriage and The Aftermath
- Chapter Eight. Untying the Knot: Divorce and Annulment
- Chapter Nine. Dollars and Sense: The Economic Consequences of Divorce
- Chapter Ten. Collateral Damage: The Children of Divorce
- Part Four. The Old and The New Generation
- Chapter Eleven. The Extended Family: Elder Law and the Law of Inheritance
- Chapter Twelve. Parents and Children: Rights and Duties
- Chapter Thirteen. Whom Do We Belong To? Parentage and the Law
- Chapter Fourteen. Chosen People: Adoption and the Law
- Conclusion: Into the Void
- Notes
- Index