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Intimacy And Economic Exchange, Jill Elaine Hasday

Jill Elaine Hasday

The current legal debate about the regulation of economic exchange between intimates mistakenly assumes that the law does not countenance such exchange to any notable extent. This assumption is so widely held that it unites otherwise disparate anticommodification and pro-market scholars. Both groups agree that the law maintains a strict boundary between economic exchange and intimacy, and disagree only on whether to applaud or criticize that boundary. Both overlook or underemphasize the degree to which the law already permits economic exchange within intimate relationships.

The current debate's focus on whether the law should enforce economic exchanges between intimates misses at …

Direito Da Família E Internet: - Infidelidade Virtual: Um Mito Ou Realidade Com Efeitos Jurídicos, Hugo Cunha Lança

Hugo Cunha Lança

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Domestic Violence And Lawyer Malpractice: Are We Revictimizing Our Clients?, Margaret B. Drew

Margaret B Drew

Many family law attorneys are not qualified to represent survivors of domestic violence. Often the attorneys are not educated on the dynamics of domestic violence or the risks encountered by survivors as they navigate the family court system. Despite the availabilty of domestic violence text books, literature and empirical data, often attorneys fail to understand abuse amd ignore its consequences when recommending remedies for the abuser as well as the survivor client. In doling so, attorneys open themselves to potential malpractice claims. This articles explores some of the ways in which attorneys minimize the impact of abuse on the family …

September 11 Relief Efforts And Surviving Same-Sex Partners: Reflections On Relationships In The Absence Of Legal Recognition, Nancy J. Knauer

Nancy J. Knauer

The criteria established by federal, state, and private relief efforts to assist the families of the victims of the September 11 attacks present a unique opportunity to examine the status of same-sex relationships in the United States. In the absence of uniform relationship recognition, surviving same-sex partners continue to struggle with a loss that legally is not cognizable. The stories from the September 11 survivors illustrate that a surviving partner is a legal stranger, who often must reconfigure her relationship with her partner to fit within the various legal categories where relief or compensation might be forthcoming. These legal categories …