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Adjudicating The Intersection Of Marital Immigration, Domestic Violence, And Spousal Murder: China-Taiwan Marriages And Competing Legal Domains, Sara L. Friedman Jan 2012

Adjudicating The Intersection Of Marital Immigration, Domestic Violence, And Spousal Murder: China-Taiwan Marriages And Competing Legal Domains, Sara L. Friedman

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Cross-border marriages and other forms of family reunification dominate officially recognized migratory flows around the world today, and they offer the most widely recognized path to naturalized citizenship in destination countries. At the same time, however, transnational marriages may also rest on shaky foundations precisely because immigrant spouses depend on their citizen partner for legal status. When marriages fail due to domestic violence, they expose the incompatibility of different legal domains organized around domestic violence prevention and immigration regulation. This Article examines the legal conflicts that emerged in response to a recent case in Taiwan involving an immigrant wife from …


The Argument For Same-Sex Marriage (Debate), Deborah A. Widiss, Nelson Tebbe, Shannon Gilreath Jan 2010

The Argument For Same-Sex Marriage (Debate), Deborah A. Widiss, Nelson Tebbe, Shannon Gilreath

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Perry v. Schwarzenegger, in which a federal district court held California's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, is set for expedited review in the Ninth Circuit; many argue that the case will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. The arguments for and against the constitutionality of such statutes are thus at a fever pitch. In an article published earlier this year, Professors Nelson Tebbe and Deborah Widiss argued that marriage rights are best conceived of as an issue of equal access, rather than one of equal protection or substantive due process. Nelson Tebbe & Deborah A. Widiss, Equal Access and …


Guarding The Altar: Physiological Restrictions And The Rise Of State Intervention In Matrimony, Michael Grossberg Jan 1982

Guarding The Altar: Physiological Restrictions And The Rise Of State Intervention In Matrimony, Michael Grossberg

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Book Review. Vernier, C. G., American Family Laws, Vols. 3 And 4, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1936

Book Review. Vernier, C. G., American Family Laws, Vols. 3 And 4, Ralph F. Fuchs

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The Action For Alienation Of Affections, Robert C. Brown Jan 1934

The Action For Alienation Of Affections, Robert C. Brown

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Book Review. Vernier, C. G., American Family Law, Vol. 1, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1932

Book Review. Vernier, C. G., American Family Law, Vol. 1, Ralph F. Fuchs

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Book Review. Richmond, M. E. And F. S. Hall, Marriage And The State And May, G., Marriage Laws And Decisions In The United States, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1930

Book Review. Richmond, M. E. And F. S. Hall, Marriage And The State And May, G., Marriage Laws And Decisions In The United States, Ralph F. Fuchs

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Book Review. Madden, J. W., Cases On Domestic Relations And Mccurdy, W. E., Cases On The Law Of Persons And Domestic Relations, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1929

Book Review. Madden, J. W., Cases On Domestic Relations And Mccurdy, W. E., Cases On The Law Of Persons And Domestic Relations, Ralph F. Fuchs

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