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Marriage Pluralism In The United States: On Civil And Religious Jurisdiction And The Demands Of Equal Citizenship, Linda C. Mcclain
Marriage Pluralism In The United States: On Civil And Religious Jurisdiction And The Demands Of Equal Citizenship, Linda C. Mcclain
Faculty Scholarship
“Legal pluralism” is hot, particularly in family law. As family law and practice in the United States have become global due to the globalization of the family, some argue it is time for U.S. family law to embrace more legal pluralism so that civil government would cede jurisdictional authority over marriage and divorce law to religious communities. They point to forms of pluralism already present in U.S. family law, such as covenant marriage (available in three states) and New York’s get statutes. They suggest the U.S. should learn from how many other nations allocate jurisdiction over marriage and divorce law …
The New Marriage Contract And The Limits Of Private Ordering, Gregory S. Alexander
The New Marriage Contract And The Limits Of Private Ordering, Gregory S. Alexander
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Promulgating The Marriage Contract, Lynn A. Baker
Promulgating The Marriage Contract, Lynn A. Baker
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
I begin Part I of this Article by positing several logically necessary, but insufficient, conditions that precede a state's decision to promulgate a law more aggressively than usual. I then show that each of these conditions was met with regard to the economic terms of the marriage contract in virtually all states by 1975. In Part II, I explore what Louisiana's unusually aggressive promulgation of certain terms of the marriage contract reveals about the legal system's conception of the marital relationship as of 1975. In Part III, I discuss what is added to that conception of the modern marital relationship …
Conflict Of Laws: Recent Development Concerning Marriage, Francis Deak
Conflict Of Laws: Recent Development Concerning Marriage, Francis Deak
Michigan Law Review
Anglo-American writers on the conflict of laws and Continental writers on private international law emphasize, with equal strength, the importance of the rules regulating marriage. Marriage is the most important of the social institutions; it is, in fact, the very foundation of the present social order. The legal system of civilized states, which is called upon to maintain this social order, contains an elaborate body of rules, protecting the institution of marriage. It is noteworthy, indeed, that mature legal systems secure best interests involved in domestic relations, besides interests of substance such as property and contract. Each legal system developed …