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Providing Justice For Children In Disputed Adoptions: A Feminist Perspective, Meghan S. Skelton Oct 1994

Providing Justice For Children In Disputed Adoptions: A Feminist Perspective, Meghan S. Skelton

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Divorce, Custody, Gender, And The Limits Of Law: On Dividing The Child, Lee E. Teitelbaum May 1994

Divorce, Custody, Gender, And The Limits Of Law: On Dividing The Child, Lee E. Teitelbaum

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Dividing the Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody by Elanor E. Maccoby and Robert H. Mnookin


Exceptions To Marital Communications Of Privileges For Crimes Done To Children Of Either Spouse, Henry A. Escoto Mar 1994

Exceptions To Marital Communications Of Privileges For Crimes Done To Children Of Either Spouse, Henry A. Escoto

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Black Identity And Child Placement: The Best Interests Of Black And Biracial Children, Kim Forde-Mazrui Feb 1994

Black Identity And Child Placement: The Best Interests Of Black And Biracial Children, Kim Forde-Mazrui

Michigan Law Review

The purpose of this Note is to question whether racial matching by courts and child-placement agencies serves the best interests of Black children. The principle that guides this Note's analysis is that racial matching is justified only if such a policy better serves the interests of Black children than a policy in which race is not a factor in a child-placement determination. This Note also questions whether racial matching serves the interests of biracial children and those of Black people as a cultural group.


Whatever Happened To The American Dream?, Susan P. Leviton Jan 1994

Whatever Happened To The American Dream?, Susan P. Leviton

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Mommy Has A Blue Wheelchair: Recognizing The Parental Rights Of People With Disabilities, Michael Ashley Stein Jan 1994

Mommy Has A Blue Wheelchair: Recognizing The Parental Rights Of People With Disabilities, Michael Ashley Stein

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Finite Horizons: The American Family, Margaret F. Brinig Jan 1994

Finite Horizons: The American Family, Margaret F. Brinig

Journal Articles

In the summer of 1992, while I was reading and thinking about Martha Minow's latest book, I was struck with my double role as a responsible adult. Vacationing in the north woods of Wisconsin with my mother, I suddenly needed to care for her as well as my own small children. Generational connections, important before, swelled hugely in crisis. As I caught my breath between hospital runs and kids' activities, I was thankful that I had received so much from my parents during my childhood. And I resolved to rethink the relationships between parents and children, adults and elderly.

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