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Parental Rights And The Ugly Duckling, Margaret F. Brinig, F. H. Buckley
Parental Rights And The Ugly Duckling, Margaret F. Brinig, F. H. Buckley
Margaret F Brinig
No abstract provided.
Are All Contracts Alike?, Margaret F. Brinig
Finite Horizons: The American Family, Margaret F. Brinig
Finite Horizons: The American Family, Margaret F. Brinig
Margaret F Brinig
No abstract provided.
"Money Can't Buy Me Love": A Contrast Between Damages In Family Law And Contract, Margaret F. Brinig
"Money Can't Buy Me Love": A Contrast Between Damages In Family Law And Contract, Margaret F. Brinig
Margaret F Brinig
No abstract provided.
From Family To Individual And Back Again, Margaret F. Brinig
From Family To Individual And Back Again, Margaret F. Brinig
Margaret F Brinig
No abstract provided.
Feminism And Child Custody Under Chapter Two Of The American Law Institute's Principles Of The Law Of Family Dissolution, Margaret F. Brinig
Feminism And Child Custody Under Chapter Two Of The American Law Institute's Principles Of The Law Of Family Dissolution, Margaret F. Brinig
Margaret F Brinig
No abstract provided.
Manufacturing Moral Panic As Political Distraction: An Empirical And Social Theoretical Analysis Of Domas, Deirdre Bowen
Manufacturing Moral Panic As Political Distraction: An Empirical And Social Theoretical Analysis Of Domas, Deirdre Bowen
Deirdre M Bowen
This article offers the only empirical analysis to date of national data evaluating the claim that defense of marriage acts (DOMAs) preserve and stabilize the family. After concluding that they do not, the article analyzes what variables are, in fact, correlated with family stability. Specifically, the relationships between families below the poverty line, men and women married three or more times, religiosity, percent conservative versus liberal in a state, disposable income, percent with bachelor’s degree, and median age of first marriage, and marriage and divorce trends is fully explored. Next, the article applies the sociological concepts of moral entrepreneurism, which …
I Wanna Marry You: The Irrelevancy And Distraction Of Doma, Deirdre Bowen
I Wanna Marry You: The Irrelevancy And Distraction Of Doma, Deirdre Bowen
Deirdre M Bowen
This article offers the only empirical analysis to date of national data evaluating the claim that defense of marriage acts (DOMAs) preserve and stabilize the family. The article examines marriage and divorce changes in trends for every state over the last ten years for which data is available comparing changes, if any, before and after a DOMA was enacted or same sex marriage was permitted. After concluding that DOMA does not play a role in either divorce or marriage changes in trends or rates, the article explores what variables are, in fact, correlated with family stability. Given that poverty, religiosity, …