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The Legacy Of Jane Larson: The Politics Of Practicality And Surprise, Martha M. Ertman
The Legacy Of Jane Larson: The Politics Of Practicality And Surprise, Martha M. Ertman
Faculty Scholarship
Jane Larson's work and life enriched my own and others. Her intellectual framework - applying legal economic ideas of consent to feminist theory, backed up by legal history - suggest surprising practical solutions to problems ranging from the injuries of adultery and prostitution to housing in border towns.
The Future Of Family, Max D. Siegel
The Future Of Family, Max D. Siegel
Student Articles and Papers
The State organizes society into families, implicating and often ignoring various liberty and equality interests while fortifying a “traditional” family structure comprised of one man, one woman, and their mutually and exclusively conceived offspring. This structure has historically benefited the heterosexual elite within the United States, but modern advancements for sexual minorities suggest a new standard for State recognition of family. Queer liberation will erase the traditional family by rewriting its legal and social dimensions, resulting in laws and policies that track more closely with familial bonds outside a heteronormative, man-woman binary. This Article explores the ramifications of enhanced queer …