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Inequality In Marital Liabilities: The Need For Equal Protection When Modifying The Necessaries Doctrine, Debra S. Betteridge
Inequality In Marital Liabilities: The Need For Equal Protection When Modifying The Necessaries Doctrine, Debra S. Betteridge
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note contends that the "primary/secondary" modification is unconstitutional because it ignores the husband's equal protection rights while unlawfully stigmatizing women as dependent. Part I discusses how the growing independence of women has led courts to modify the common law doctrine. Part II develops the test that the Supreme Court would apply in judging the constitutionality of any modification of the doctrine. Part III applies this test to the "primary/secondary" modification and concludes that the modification is unconstitutional and, therefore, not a legitimate reformation of the common law necessaries doctrine.
The Marriage Contract, Michigan Law Review
The Marriage Contract, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of the The Marriage Contract by Lenore J. Weitzman
Blest Be The Tie That Binds, Joan Heifetz Hollinger
Blest Be The Tie That Binds, Joan Heifetz Hollinger
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The New Family and the New Property by Mary Ann Glendon