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An Incomplete Revolution: Reexaming The Law, History, And Politics Of Marital Property, Mary Ziegler
An Incomplete Revolution: Reexaming The Law, History, And Politics Of Marital Property, Mary Ziegler
Scholarly Publications
Did the divorce revolution betray the interests of American women? While there has been considerable disagreement about the impact of divorce reform on women’s standard of living, many agree that judicial practices involving the division of marital property and the allocation of alimony have systematically disadvantaged women. Most often, in the courts and the academy, commentators see these practices as evidence of the need for family law reform.
These conclusions rely on a shared account of the history of divorce reform. According to this account, the transformation of divorce law in the 1970s and 1980s was a “silent revolution,” a …
The Temporally Extended Family & Self-Control: An Essay For Lee E. Teitelbaum, Manuel A. Utset
The Temporally Extended Family & Self-Control: An Essay For Lee E. Teitelbaum, Manuel A. Utset
Scholarly Publications
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Publicity Rights As Moral Rights, David Landau, David Westfall
Publicity Rights As Moral Rights, David Landau, David Westfall
Scholarly Publications
Recent legal history has witnessed the creation of a large number of new forms of property. Consequently, judges and legislators have generally been willing to imbue these new forms of property with all or most of the attributes of traditional property. In this article we try to explain this trend by examining one important new kind of property, the publicity right. Publicity rights initially emerged in response to functionalist considerations: transferable rights were needed to keep pace with commercial custom. As time went on, courts began to expand the attributes of the right to new frontiers, such as inheritability. In …
Wright V. Commissioner, 62 T.C. 377 (1974), Aff'd, 543 F.2d 593 (7th Cir. 1976), Ruth L. Gokel
Wright V. Commissioner, 62 T.C. 377 (1974), Aff'd, 543 F.2d 593 (7th Cir. 1976), Ruth L. Gokel
Florida State University Law Review
Income Tax- PROPERTY SETTLEMENT IN DIVORCE- AN UNSETTLED AREA OF SETTLED LAW.
Florida's No-Fault Divorce: Is It Really No-Fault?, Mary F. Clark
Florida's No-Fault Divorce: Is It Really No-Fault?, Mary F. Clark
Florida State University Law Review
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