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Newsroom: Yelnosky On State Pension Lawsuit, Roger Williams University School Of Law Mar 2015

Newsroom: Yelnosky On State Pension Lawsuit, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Artificial Insemination From Donor (Aid) – From Status To Contract And Back Again?, Yehezkel Margalit Jan 2015

Artificial Insemination From Donor (Aid) – From Status To Contract And Back Again?, Yehezkel Margalit

Hezi Margalit

The last few decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the institutions of family and parenthood and an abandonment of the historical emphasis on their bionormative structures. These changes are the result of societal shifts with respect to public openness and technological innovations that segregate marital relations from sexuality and fertility. The resultant parenthood structures, which depart from traditional spousal and parental models, intensify the ability and need to determine legal parenthood in numerous unprecedented contexts. Sir Henry Maine famously stated that mankind is pacing from status toward contract. This theme has had particular resonance during the past half century in …