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The Canon Of Family Law, Jill Elaine Hasday Dec 2004

The Canon Of Family Law, Jill Elaine Hasday

Jill Elaine Hasday

What is the canon of family law? By canon, I mean the ways of thinking about family law that are widely shared by legal scholars and especially by legal authorities, like legislators and judges. The existing literature on canons, which has long centered on the literary canon and has recently turned to the constitutional law canon, has most commonly understood a canon to be a set of foundational texts that exemplify, guide, and constitute a discipline. In part, the family law canon tracks this traditional focus on the inclusion and exclusion of texts, even if the family law canon does …


Unique Property Annotated Bibliography, Nancy Levit, Robert R.M. Verchick Jan 2004

Unique Property Annotated Bibliography, Nancy Levit, Robert R.M. Verchick

Robert R.M. Verchick

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Four Decades Of The Duquesne Law Review Volumes 1-40 (1963-2002): A History, Joel Fishman Jan 2004

Four Decades Of The Duquesne Law Review Volumes 1-40 (1963-2002): A History, Joel Fishman

Joel Fishman

This article celebrates forty years of publication of the Duquesne Law Review.


Justice Michael A. Musmanno And Constitutional Dissents, 1967-68, Joel Fishman Jan 2004

Justice Michael A. Musmanno And Constitutional Dissents, 1967-68, Joel Fishman

Joel Fishman

Associate Justice Michael A. Musmanno of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court contributed several important dissenting opinions to constitutional questions at the end of his career which are reviewed in this article.


La Sociedad De Gananciales Y Las Uniones De Hecho En El Perú, Olga Maria Castro Perez Treviño Jan 2004

La Sociedad De Gananciales Y Las Uniones De Hecho En El Perú, Olga Maria Castro Perez Treviño

Olga Maria Castro Perez Treviño

Como punto de partida nos parece pertinente señalar que en la comunidad internacional, a nivel social, en la doctrina jurídica e incluso en la legislación, las uniones extramatrimoniales heterosexuales se consideran un tipo de familia cada vez más extendido en la que los dos miembros asumen una voluntad de continuidad en una relación afectiva y sexual con el objeto de alcanzar finalidades y cumplir deberes semejantes a los del matrimonio bajo ciertas condiciones: cohabitación, exclusividad, estabilidad, vocación de perdurabilidad y publicidad en la convivencia. Respecto a las uniones homosexuales el panorama no es uniforme, pues la consideración de familia a …


Still Part Of The Clan: Representing Elders In The Family Law Practice, Sy Moskowitz Jan 2004

Still Part Of The Clan: Representing Elders In The Family Law Practice, Sy Moskowitz

Seymour H. Moskowitz

No abstract provided.