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From Contract To Covenant: Beyond The Law And Economics Of The Family, Margaret Brinig
From Contract To Covenant: Beyond The Law And Economics Of The Family, Margaret Brinig
Margaret F Brinig
This book is the first systematic account of the law and economics of the family. It explores the implications of economics for family law--divorce, adoption, breach of promise, surrogacy, prenuptial agreements, custody arrangements--and its limitations. Before a family forms, prospective partners engage in a kind of market activity that involves searching and bargaining, for which the economic analysis of contract law provides useful insights. Once a couple marries, the individuals become a family and their decisions have important consequences for other parties, especially children. As a result, the state and community have vital interests in the family. Although it may …
Two Treatments Of Pluralism: Canada And The United States, Margaret Brinig
Two Treatments Of Pluralism: Canada And The United States, Margaret Brinig
Margaret F Brinig
This paper explores differences between the Canadian and US treatment of pluralism in the context of family status and minority groups. Very rudimentary empirical analysis explores the different outcomes for African-American and Quebecois youth.
Legal Status And Effect On Children, Margaret F. Brinig, Steven L. Nock
Legal Status And Effect On Children, Margaret F. Brinig, Steven L. Nock
Margaret F Brinig
One of the haunting claims of each poor, unmarried mother in Edin and Kefalas' Promises I Can Keep is that at least she can guarantee she will love her child, even though she cannot promise to make a lifelong commitment to a mate. That love, each young mother says, will be a sustaining gift both to her and the child. Similarly, in work done by sociologists McLanahan and Garfinkel to counteract the claim that it was not single parenting that made children's prospects dim, but poverty, sociologists have found that many of the bad effects of single parenting go away …