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Biology, Genetics, Nurture, And The Law: The Expansion Of The Legal Definition Of Family To Include Three Or More Legal Parents, Myrisha S. Lewis Apr 2016

Biology, Genetics, Nurture, And The Law: The Expansion Of The Legal Definition Of Family To Include Three Or More Legal Parents, Myrisha S. Lewis

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Whatever Your Thoughts On Marriage, Gay Divorce Is A Concern, Nathan B. Oman Feb 2013

Whatever Your Thoughts On Marriage, Gay Divorce Is A Concern, Nathan B. Oman

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Why We Should Raise The Marriage Age, Vivian E. Hamilton Jan 2013

Why We Should Raise The Marriage Age, Vivian E. Hamilton

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Sex And Statutory Uniformity: Harmonizing The Legal Treatment Of Semen, Myrisha S. Lewis Jan 2013

Sex And Statutory Uniformity: Harmonizing The Legal Treatment Of Semen, Myrisha S. Lewis

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Misused Concepts And Misguided Questions: Fundamental Confusions In Family Law Debates, James G. Dwyer Jan 2013

Misused Concepts And Misguided Questions: Fundamental Confusions In Family Law Debates, James G. Dwyer

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Employment Division V. Smith For Family Law, James G. Dwyer Jan 2011

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Employment Division V. Smith For Family Law, James G. Dwyer

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Expressing Community Values Through Family Law Adjudication, Vivian E. Hamilton Jan 2008

Expressing Community Values Through Family Law Adjudication, Vivian E. Hamilton

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Principles Of U.S. Family Law, Vivian E. Hamilton Jan 2006

Principles Of U.S. Family Law, Vivian E. Hamilton

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What explains U.S. family law? What are the origins of the current chaos and controversy in the field, the home of some of the most vituperative debates in public policy? To answer these questions, this Article identifies and examines family law's foundational principles. It undertakes a conceptual analysis of the legal practices that govern families. This analysis has yet to be done, and its absence hamstrings constructive thought on our family law. The Article develops a typology that conceptualizes U.S. family law and exposes its underlying principles. First, it identifies the significant elements, or rules, of family law. Second, it …


The Peculiar Federal Marriage Amendment, Scott Dodson Oct 2004

The Peculiar Federal Marriage Amendment, Scott Dodson

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In this essay, I discuss the Constitution's commitment to three themes - state power over familial matters, individual liberty, and equality - and then demonstrate how the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment is uniquely contrary to all three. I do not intend to go so far as to suggest that the FMA would be an unconstitutional amendment, if such things are possible, nor do I mean to suggest that same-sex marriage is or should be affirmatively protected by the Constitution. I mean only to suggest that proposed amendments altering the Constitution's commitment to multiple existing themes in the Constitution should be …


Children's Interests In A Family Context - A Cautionary Note, James G. Dwyer Oct 1999

Children's Interests In A Family Context - A Cautionary Note, James G. Dwyer

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Book Review Of State Legislative Summary, 1994: Children, Youth, And Family Issues, James S. Heller Jan 1996

Book Review Of State Legislative Summary, 1994: Children, Youth, And Family Issues, James S. Heller

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A Constitutional Right To Home Instruction?, Neal Devins Oct 1985

A Constitutional Right To Home Instruction?, Neal Devins

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For Richer Or Poorer, 'Til Decree Do Us Part - A Spouse's Entitlement To Division Of Pension Funds And Professional Degrees As Marital Property, Linda A. Malone Jan 1984

For Richer Or Poorer, 'Til Decree Do Us Part - A Spouse's Entitlement To Division Of Pension Funds And Professional Degrees As Marital Property, Linda A. Malone

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How Are You Going To Keep Them Down On The (Collective) Farm After They've Seen Chicago - A Minor's Right To Political Asylum Against His Parents' Wishes, Michael G. Hillinger Jan 1983

How Are You Going To Keep Them Down On The (Collective) Farm After They've Seen Chicago - A Minor's Right To Political Asylum Against His Parents' Wishes, Michael G. Hillinger

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Virginia Family Law: The Effect Of The General Assembly's 1975 Revisions, Dulcey B. Fowler Jul 1975

Virginia Family Law: The Effect Of The General Assembly's 1975 Revisions, Dulcey B. Fowler

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