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Exchange As A Cornerstone Of Families, Martha M. Ertman
Exchange As A Cornerstone Of Families, Martha M. Ertman
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This essay up-ends critical theorist Ivan Illich’s critique of economic thinking as replacing households defined by vernacular gender with married pairs in “inhumane” sex-neutral economic partnerships. It challenges Illich’s view of exchange as a destroyer that has meddled in families for only a few hundred years, citing sociobiological literature to counter his case against exchange with one valorizing two exchanges that I call “primal deals” that played crucial roles in the evolution of humans, families, and day-to-day life. These primal deals—especially the primal pair-bonding deal between men and women—continue to play a central role in families and family law today. …
The Origin And Civil Law Foundation Of The Community Property System, Why California Adopted It And Why Community Property Principles Benefit Women, Caroline Bermeo Newcombe
The Origin And Civil Law Foundation Of The Community Property System, Why California Adopted It And Why Community Property Principles Benefit Women, Caroline Bermeo Newcombe
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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Foreword, Paula A. Monopoli
Foreword, Paula A. Monopoli
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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Violence Against Women: An Obstacle To Equality, Sheila Dauer
Violence Against Women: An Obstacle To Equality, Sheila Dauer
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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