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Incest In A Thousdand Acres: Cheap Trick Or Feminist Re-Vision, Susan Ayres
Incest In A Thousdand Acres: Cheap Trick Or Feminist Re-Vision, Susan Ayres
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This article ultimately argues that the plot changes are not a cheap trick intended to manipulate the reader's emotions, but a feminist re-vision, which succeeds or not depending on the reader's critical feminist perspective. Thus, Part Two delineates several feminist stances, such as liberal feminism, radical feminism, social feminism, and postmodern feminism, and summarizes the plot changes Smiley has imposed on King Lear. Part Three considers one major plot change - the longing for the mother - in terms of patriarchy's suppression of a maternal genealogy and feminine language. This part argues that the novel successfully demonstrates the difficulty in …
Lochner Redeemed: Family Privacy After Troxel And Carhart, David D. Meyer
Lochner Redeemed: Family Privacy After Troxel And Carhart, David D. Meyer
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Florida's Foster Care System Fails Its Children, Timothy L. Arcaro
Florida's Foster Care System Fails Its Children, Timothy L. Arcaro
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This article will attempt to draw attention to the pervasive problem of child sexual abuse in foster care by identifying circumstances that contribute to sexual victimization. Hopefully the discussion will illuminate the plight of child victims of sexual abuse and generate discourse on a new paradigm of protection initiatives for foster children. Part I of the article will explain child protection proceedings and how children enter the foster care system. Part II will describe common characteristics of state foster care systems. Part III will discuss traditional notions of child sexual abuse and their illusory application in the context of sexual …
Constitutional Pragmatism For A Changing American Family, David D. Meyer
Constitutional Pragmatism For A Changing American Family, David D. Meyer
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What Constitutional Law Can Learn From The Ali Principles Of Family Dissolution, David D. Meyer
What Constitutional Law Can Learn From The Ali Principles Of Family Dissolution, David D. Meyer
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Ali Child Support Principles: A Lesson In Public Policy And Truth-Telling, Karen Czapanskiy
Ali Child Support Principles: A Lesson In Public Policy And Truth-Telling, Karen Czapanskiy
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The Ali Principles' Approach To Domestic Partnership, Martha M. Ertman
The Ali Principles' Approach To Domestic Partnership, Martha M. Ertman
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Marriage As A Trade: Bridging The Private/Private Distinction, Martha M. Ertman
Marriage As A Trade: Bridging The Private/Private Distinction, Martha M. Ertman
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Changing The Meaning Of Motherhood, Martha M. Ertman
Changing The Meaning Of Motherhood, Martha M. Ertman
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Ethical Judgment And Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Custody And Child Welfare Cases, Deborah J. Weimer
Ethical Judgment And Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Custody And Child Welfare Cases, Deborah J. Weimer
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Mandatory Divorce Education: What Do The Parents Say?, Nancy Ver Steegh, Solveig Erickson
Mandatory Divorce Education: What Do The Parents Say?, Nancy Ver Steegh, Solveig Erickson
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Between 1994 and 1998, the number of states offering parent education classes for divorcing couples quadrupled. The State of Minnesota participated in this trend with the passage of Minnesota Statutes Section 518.157 requiring that each judicial district implement a parent education program. Parent education at the time of divorce seems to constitute sound public policy. However, no final conclusions can be drawn without asking the question, "What do the parents think about mandatory divorce education?" Part II of this article will examine the societal and legal context of divorce education for parents and the response of the court system. Part …
Divorce, Children's Welfare, And The Culture Wars, Elizabeth S. Scott
Divorce, Children's Welfare, And The Culture Wars, Elizabeth S. Scott
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Are children harmed when their parents divorce? If so, should parents' freedom to end marriage be restricted? These questions have generated uncertainty and controversy in the decades since legal restraints on divorce have been lifted. During the 1970s and 80s, the traditional conviction that parents should stay together "for the sake of the children" was supplanted by a view that children are usually better off if their unhappy parents divorce. By this account, divorcing parents should simply try to accomplish the change in status with as little disruption to their children's lives as possible. This stance has been challenged sharply …
Care As A Public Value: Linking Responsibility, Resources, And Republicanism, Linda C. Mcclain
Care As A Public Value: Linking Responsibility, Resources, And Republicanism, Linda C. Mcclain
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I begin this Article with the preceding two statements concerning care for children because they focus on the relationship between resources and responsibility and capture two conflicting approaches to that relationship. The first statement resists a definition of "responsibility" that leaves out the work of social reproduction, that is, of caring for children and preparing them to take their place as responsible, self-governing members of society. Highlighting the lack of resources that poor parents face when tackling the work of social reproduction, the statement also suggests common ground among parents across class lines as to the importance of caring for …