Private Lives
Subtitle: Families, Individuals, and the Law
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: February 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780674015623
Subjects: Family law; United States; History; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; USA; Family Law - General; Law / Domestic Relations / General; Essays; Domestic relations
Description: "Drawing on many revealing and sometimes colorful court cases of the past two centuries, Private Lives offers a lively short history of the complexities of family law and family life - including the tensions between the laws on the books and contemporary arrangements for marriage, divorce, adoption, and child rearing."--Jacket.