| Description |
x, 252 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Legalistic models of marriage -- 2. Legal and functional modes of marriage -- 3. Marriage-eligibility issues -- 4. Marital unity, marital harmony, and consortium -- 5. Children and the nuclear family -- 6. Divorce: Legal grounds and defenses -- 7. Incidents and consequences of divorce -- 8. Engineering domestic partnerships: Nuptial and Anuptial agreements -- 9. The limits of anuptial domestic partnerships under the law -- 10. Artificial reproduction and the future of the family. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Marriage law -- United States.
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Domestic relations -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Jones, David Arthur, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0669039446 |
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