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Marital Naming/Naming Marriage: Language And Status In Family Law, Suzanne A. Kim Jul 2010

Marital Naming/Naming Marriage: Language And Status In Family Law, Suzanne A. Kim

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What's in a name? Based on current family law and policy debates, the answer would seem to be: a whole lot. Today's discussion of legal prohibitions of same-sex marriage abounds with the assumption that language, in the form of names and labels, is deeply meaningful from a status perspective. Missing from this debate, however, is a careful examination of the role that names and labels play in the construction of the status category of marriage. This Article fills this gap in family law scholarship by providing an explicit account of how language plays a critical role in reflecting and reinforcing …


Reaffirming No-Fault Divorce: Supplementing Formal Equality With Substantive Change, Erin R. Melnick Apr 2000

Reaffirming No-Fault Divorce: Supplementing Formal Equality With Substantive Change, Erin R. Melnick

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No abstract provided.


An Interdisciplinary Approach To Family Law Jurisprudence: Application Of An Ecological And Therapeutic Perspective, Barbara A. Babb Jul 1997

An Interdisciplinary Approach To Family Law Jurisprudence: Application Of An Ecological And Therapeutic Perspective, Barbara A. Babb

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No abstract provided.


Unequal Protection: Poverty And Family Law, Henry H. Foster, Doris Jonas Freed Jan 1967

Unequal Protection: Poverty And Family Law, Henry H. Foster, Doris Jonas Freed

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No abstract provided.


Effect Of Heart Baln Acts On Infant's Right To Sue For Enticement Of His Parent Apr 1950

Effect Of Heart Baln Acts On Infant's Right To Sue For Enticement Of His Parent

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