Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Civil Law (2)
- Civil Rights and Discrimination (2)
- Law and Gender (2)
- Legal Remedies (2)
- Social Welfare Law (2)
-
- Torts (2)
- Conflict of Laws (1)
- Constitutional Law (1)
- Consumer Protection Law (1)
- Criminal Law (1)
- Criminal Procedure (1)
- First Amendment (1)
- Fourteenth Amendment (1)
- Human Rights Law (1)
- International Law (1)
- Judges (1)
- Jurisdiction (1)
- Jurisprudence (1)
- Juvenile Law (1)
- Law Enforcement and Corrections (1)
- Law and Economics (1)
- Law and Politics (1)
- Legal Education (1)
- Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1)
- Legal History (1)
- Legal Profession (1)
- Legal Writing and Research (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Family Law
The High Price Of Poverty: A Study Of How The Majority Of Current Court System Procedures For Collecting Court Costs And Fees, As Well As Fines, Have Failed To Adhere To Established Precedent And The Constitutional Guarantees They Advocate., Trevor J. Calligan
Trevor J Calligan
No abstract provided.
Same-Sex Couples - Comparative Insights On Marriage And Cohabitation, Macarena Sáez
Same-Sex Couples - Comparative Insights On Marriage And Cohabitation, Macarena Sáez
Books
This book shows six different realities of same-sex families. They range from full recognition of same-sex marriage to full invisibility of gay and lesbian individuals and their families. The broad spectrum of experiences presented in this book share some commonalities: in all of them legal scholars and civil society are moving legal boundaries or thinking of spaces within rigid legal systems for same-sex families to function. In all of them there have been legal claims to recognize the existence of same-sex families. The difference between them lies in the response of courts. Regardless of the type of legal system, when …
Women Made Whole: How Tort Law Can Change The Lives Of Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault Victims, Sara L. Crewson
Women Made Whole: How Tort Law Can Change The Lives Of Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault Victims, Sara L. Crewson
Sara L Crewson
Tort law and insurance companies are failing to provide female domestic violence victims with adequate access to civil courts, proper legal mechanisms with which to gain that access, and are far behind the times when compared to other gender-linked crimes like those of rape and sexual assault. The Restatement of Torts (Third) has classified domestic violence as an intentional tort, and most insurance policies will not provide coverage for harms that were committed intentionally. Certain homeowners' insurance policies won't provide coverage if a spouse tries to sue another spouse for harms committed, leaving vulnerable wives unable to seek compensation for …