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Caught In A Trap - Paternity Presumptions In Louisiana, Evelyn L. Wilson
Caught In A Trap - Paternity Presumptions In Louisiana, Evelyn L. Wilson
The Modern American
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Intimate Liability: Emotional Harm, Family Law, And Stereotyped Narratives In Interspousal Torts, Fernanda Nicola
Intimate Liability: Emotional Harm, Family Law, And Stereotyped Narratives In Interspousal Torts, Fernanda Nicola
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Tort liability expanded in the twentieth century, a shift scholars generally attribute to the reorganization of tort law around the fault principle. In privileging compensation and deterrence, this reconfiguration ended various restrictions on liability, long viewed as arbitrary, including limits to the recovery for emotional harm and interspousal immunities. Tort and family law scholars alike portray the end of such immunities as a milestone for gender equality. Their elimination enables spouses and partners to secure compensation for emotional and physical abuse arising in intimate relationships. Yet, tort law is not operating in this way. On the contrary, by endorsing a …
What Marriage Equality Arguments Portend For Domestic Partner Employee Benefits, Nancy Polikoff
What Marriage Equality Arguments Portend For Domestic Partner Employee Benefits, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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A Supreme Court Ruling That's About Way More Than Preemption, Nancy Polikoff
A Supreme Court Ruling That's About Way More Than Preemption, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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