Law : Domestic Relations

Concepts of who and what children are and what childhood consists of have changed over time. Our historical and contemporary notions of childhood also change according to the context of the interaction between the child and the state. This book is concerned with various ideas of what childhood consists of where the child is involved with the legal system. more...

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Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court -- unlike married couples, most unmarried couples don't automatically inherit or receive protection under the law. Consequently, you must document everything from property ownership and children to wills and other estate plans. An essential resource for any unmarried couple, Living Together explains:.; the legality of living together.; having and raising children.; the many types of ownership agreements.; relationships with a prior family.; getting authorization to make medical decisions for an ill or injured partner. Living Together includes:.; a complete overview of important legal documents, including a living together contract.; instructions to filling out these documents.; sample forms.; legal agreements as tear-outs and on CD-ROM. The 14th edition provides the latest law in readable 50-state charts, and includes many fill-in-the-blank legal forms. It also discusses the laws covering same-sex marriages and civil unions, which are often so broad, they affect unmarried heterosexual couples as well. more...

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The law impacts on every aspect of our lives, our personal lives included. This book seeks to go beyond lovers' quarrels to examine the rights of kids, the legal consequences of separation or divorce, contraception, sexual assault, same-sex relationships and other legal issues. more...

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Making Law for Families is the result of a workshop organized by Mavis Maclean and held between May 26 and June 2,1999, at the international Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in Onati, Spain. This book analyzes the concept of the family in the context of increasing challenges and questions created by multicultural societies in ever more complicated international and transnational legal contexts. How is the family defined across cultural and national divides? To what extent and under what conditions should any particular state intervene? The collected essays in this volume seek to answer these and other difficult questions through grounded empirical research and insightful appreciation of how political systems function in various countries. An underlying concern is to explore to what extent and under what terms will the family endure in the future as a basic unit of social management and control. This book is part of the Oñati International Series in Law and Society. more...

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Conducts an interdisciplinary and comparative examination of tort liabilities of multinational enterprises (MNEs). This work examines the social, economic, managerial and legal characteristics of MNEs and compares the findings of this examination to the understanding of MNEs in the way that tort liability is applied to them. more...

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