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Natural Law, Marriage, And The Thought Of Karol Wojtyla, John J. Coughlin
Natural Law, Marriage, And The Thought Of Karol Wojtyla, John J. Coughlin
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article examines the loss of the natural law perspective from legal theory and the movement towards liberal theory. The Article continues by analyzing two features of the natural law tradition as described in the philosophical writings of Karol Wojtyla. The first feature concerns marriage and family as the fundamental human community. The second considers marriage as a virtuous relationship. The Article concludes with practical suggestions for the legal profession and legal education with regard to counseling clients about marriage.
If Not Marriage? On Securing Gay And Lesbian Family Values By A "Simulacrum Of Marriage", Craig W. Christensen
If Not Marriage? On Securing Gay And Lesbian Family Values By A "Simulacrum Of Marriage", Craig W. Christensen
Fordham Law Review
The benefits of [homosexual] marriage may outweigh the costs. Nonetheless, since the public hostility to homosexuals in this country is too widespread to make homosexual marriage a feasible proposal even if it is on balance cost-justified, maybe the focus should be shifted to an intermediated solution that would give gomosexuals most of what they want . . . . . . . What . . . is called registered partnership and . . . homosexual cohabitation [in some countries] is in effect a form contract that comosexuals can use to create a simulacrum of marriage. Richard A. Posner, Sex and …
The Constitutionality Of Covenant Marriage Laws, Melissa Lawton
The Constitutionality Of Covenant Marriage Laws, Melissa Lawton
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Family Values And The Bankruptcy Code: A Proposal To Eliminate Bankruptcy Benefits Awarded On The Basis Of Marital Status, A. Mechele Dickerson
Family Values And The Bankruptcy Code: A Proposal To Eliminate Bankruptcy Benefits Awarded On The Basis Of Marital Status, A. Mechele Dickerson
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Partners In Crime: The Joint Participants Exception To The Privilege Against Adverse Spousal Testimony, Amy G. Bermingham
Partners In Crime: The Joint Participants Exception To The Privilege Against Adverse Spousal Testimony, Amy G. Bermingham
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Loss Of Consortium: A Derivative Injury Giving Rise To A Separate Cause Of Action, Jo-Anne M. Baio
Loss Of Consortium: A Derivative Injury Giving Rise To A Separate Cause Of Action, Jo-Anne M. Baio
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Marriage Penalty: The Working Couple's Dilemma, Wendy C. Gerzog
The Marriage Penalty: The Working Couple's Dilemma, Wendy C. Gerzog
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Towards A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Matrimonial Litigation, Gary R. Matano
Towards A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Matrimonial Litigation, Gary R. Matano
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The marriage institution is the basic unit in the anatomical composition of American society as it exists today. The right to marry and the right to divorce when marriage fails have long been held in the highest esteem by our nation's courts. But some citizens of the State of New York are judicially denied the right to terminate their marriages because they are indigents. The court has denied indigents their requested assignments of counsel when the assistance of counsel was unquestionably necessary for prospective matrimonial litigants. The first problem posed by that holding is that it operates as a virtual …
From The Legislature To The Court Of Appeals: New York's Conversion Divorce Under Domestic Relations Law Section 170
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Marriage: A "Basic Civil Right Of Man", Henry H. Foster, Jr.
Marriage: A "Basic Civil Right Of Man", Henry H. Foster, Jr.
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Marriage: A "Basic Civil Right Of Man", Henry H. Foster, Jr.
Marriage: A "Basic Civil Right Of Man", Henry H. Foster, Jr.
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Annulment Of Marriage In New York For Fraud Based Upon Religious Factors
Annulment Of Marriage In New York For Fraud Based Upon Religious Factors
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Obligatory Interstate Recognition Of Divorce Decrees–A New Trend?, Hamilton Vreeland, Jr.
Obligatory Interstate Recognition Of Divorce Decrees–A New Trend?, Hamilton Vreeland, Jr.
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Common-Law Marriages, Frederick L. Kane