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This book provides a critical examination of and reflection on the American Law Institute's (ALI) Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations ('Principles', arguably the most sweeping proposal for family law reform attempted in the U.S. over the last quarter century. The volume is a collaborative work of individuals from diverse perspectives and disciplines who explore the fundamental questions about the nature of family, parenthood, and child support. The contributors are all recognized authorities on aspects of family law and provide commentary on the principles examined by the ALI - fault, custody, child support, property division, spousal support, and domestic partnerships, utilizing a wide range of analytical tools, including economic theory, constitutional law, social science data, and linguistic analysis. This volume also includes the perspectives of U.S. judges and legislators and leading family law scholars in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and Australia.
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This page intentionally left blank RECONCEIVING THE FAMILY This book provides a critical examination of and reflection on the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations, arguably the most sweeping proposal for family law reform attempted in the U.S. over the last quarter century. The volume is a collaborative work of individuals from diverse perspectives and disciplines who explore the fundamental questions about the nature of family, parenthood, and child support. The contributors are all recognized authorities on aspects of family law and provide commentary on the principles examined by the ALI – fault, custody, child support, property division, spousal support, and domestic partnerships, utilizing a wide range of analytical tools, including economic theory, constitutional law, social science data, and linguistic analysis. This volume also includes the perspectives of U.S. judges and legislators and leading family law scholars in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Robin Fretwell Wilson is a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law. She is the co-editor of The Handbook of Children, Culture & Violence and has published articles on the risks of abuse to children in the Cornell Law Review, the Emory Law Journal, the San Diego Law Review, and the Journal of Child and Family Studies. Professor Wilson has testified on the use of social science in legal decisionmaking in Joint Hearings before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice. A member of the Executive Committee of the Family and Juvenile Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, Professor Wilson frequently lectures on violence to children, including presentations at Yale University’s Edward Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in London, England. Reconceiving the Family Critique on the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution Edited by Robin Fretwell Wilson University of Maryland School of Law Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521861199 © Robin Fretwell Wilson 2006 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2006 - - - - - - eBook (EBL) - - - eBook (EBL)