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Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten

Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten

Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten

Rachel Rebouché, Temple University, Philadelphia
June 2020
Paperback
9781108458337

    This book provides new, feminist perspectives on famous family law cases that span generations. The chapters take court decisions and rewrite them with feminist ideas in mind. Each rewritten opinion is penned by a leading scholar who relied only on materials available at the time of the original decision. The decisions address topics such as the criminalization of polygamy, intimate partner violence as a ground for asylum, the legality of gestational surrogacy, the rights of cohabitants, discrimination against transgender parents, immigration rules governing non-citizen parents, and child welfare and child support systems, among others. Each opinion is accompanied by a commentary that explains the original opinion as well as its contemporary relevance, and each commentary also is authored by a respected scholar. The combination of a rewritten opinion and its commentary provides an in-depth examination of the most important topics in family law.

    • Presents an in-depth look at family law topics across a range of issues
    • Covers the intersection of family law and other legal fields, such as immigration, civil procedure, and religion
    • Includes cutting edge topics that are practical and of contemporary relevance for readers, such as trans rights, asylum law, and surrogacy

    Product details

    June 2020
    Paperback
    9781108458337
    444 pages
    227 × 151 × 23 mm
    0.63kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction Rachel Rebouché
    • 2. Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1879) Marie Failinger and Laura Kessler
    • 3. McGuire v. McGuire, 59 N.W.2d 336 (Neb. 1953) Mary Anne Case, Martha Ertman and Zvi Triger
    • 4. Dandridge v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970) Maya Manian and Susan Frelich Appleton
    • 5. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Kristen Murray
    • 6. Marvin v. Marvin, 557 P.2d 106 (Cal. 1976) Aníbal Rosario Lebrón and Kate Sablosky Elengold
    • 7. Kulko v. Superior Court, 436 U.S. 84 (1978) Mary-Beth Moylan and Katherine Macfarlane
    • 8. Daly v. Daly, 715 P.2d 56 (Nev. 1986) Raff Donelson and Nancy Polikoff
    • 9. Michael H. v. Gerald D., 491 U.S. 110 (1989) Suzanne Kim and Albertina Antognini
    • 10. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989) Macarena Saez and Jessica Dixon Weaver
    • 11. Simeone v. Simeone, 581 A.2d 162 (Pa. 1990) Jamie Abrams and Alicia Kelly
    • 12. Borelli v. Brusseau, 12 Cal. App. 4th 647 (1993) June Carbone and Jo Carrillo
    • 13. Turner v. Rogers, 564 U.S. 431 (2011) Warren Binford and Elizabeth L. MacDowell
    • 14. In re T.J.S., 54 A.3d 263 (N.J. 2012) June Carbone and Seema Mohapatra
    • 15. Matter of A-B-, Respondent, 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018) Natalie Nanasi and Suzan M. Pritchett
    • 16. Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 2017 WL 2507339 (U.S. 2017) Cynthia Godsoe and Tracy Thomas.
      Contributors
    • Rachel Rebouché, Marie Failinger, Laura Kessler, Mary Anne Case, Martha Ertman, Zvi Triger, Maya Manian, Susan Frelich Appleton, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Kristen Murray, Aníbal Rosario Lebrón, Kate Sablosky Elengold, Mary-Beth Moylan, Katherine Macfarlane, Raff Donelson, Nancy Polikoff, Suzanne Kim, Albertina Antognini, Macarena Saez, Jessica Dixon Weaver, Jamie Abrams, Alicia Kelly, June Carbone, Jo Carrillo, Warren Binford, Elizabeth L. MacDowell, Seema Mohapatra, Natalie Nanasi, Suzan M. Pritchett, Cynthia Godsoe