Family Law in America
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 July 2011
- ISBN 9780199795369
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 235x156x16 mm
- Weight 432 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
In Family Law in America, Professor Sanford N. Katz examines current family law, discussing the tension between individual autonomy and governmental regulation. Katz also examines definitions of formal and informal marriage, divorce procedures and child custody, and state intervention into parent-child relationships. Katz concludes by discussing the conventional model of child adoption, describing how additional models are developed in response to new family
forms. This version contains an important new introduction regarding the progression of judicial recognition of same-sex marriage.
Long description:
For many years family law was viewed as a study of the regulation of relationships of husband and wife and parent and child. Both relationships were clearly defined. In the case of husband and wife, it was through formal legal procedures or informal arrangements called marriage. In the case of parent and child it was either through biology or adoption. Equally defined were the stages by which these relationships were established, maintained, and terminated. By the
close of the twentieth century, basic questions about who should be officially designated a family member and by what procedure were being raised both in the legislature and in litigation. In addition, conventional models that had defined domestic relations such as marriage, divorce, and adoption were
either being expanded to include contemporary patterns of living arrangements and the current reality or new models were being constructed.
In Family Law in America, Professor Sanford N. Katz examines the present state of family law in America. Themes include the tension between individual autonomy and governmental regulation in all aspects of family law, the extent to which relationships established before marriage are being regulated, and how marriage is being redefined to take into account equality of the sexes. It demonstrates how the definition of marriage as a partnership in which the individual spouse's rights are
recognized has resulted in protection of the vulnerable spouse and examines fault and no-fault divorce procedures and the extent to which these procedures reflect social realities. This volume describes state intervention into the parent and child relationship and how this is reflected in the reexamination of
the privacy of the family unit. It concludes with a discussion of the conventional model of adoption of children and how additional models are being developed to take into account new family forms.
Table of Contents:
1. Friendship, Marriage-Like Relationships, and Informal Marriage
2. Marriage
3. Divorce
4. Child Protection
5. Adoption
