Family Law Reimagined / Jill Elaine Hasday.

Main Description:One of the law’s most important and far-reaching roles is to govern family life and family members. Family law decides who counts as kin, how family relationships are created and dissolved, and what legal rights and responsibilities come with marriage, parenthood, sibling ties, and...

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Main Author: Hasday, Jill Elaine
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
Format: Electronic eBook

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