Author:
Grossman, Joanna L.
Imprint:Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Descriptionviii, 443 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Pt. 1. Tying the knot : marriage and promises to marry -- Marriage and the state -- Marriage, law, and society : a tangled web -- Common-law marriage -- The end of heart balm -- Pt. 2. Anything goes : marriage in a permissive age -- The rise of sexual freedom -- Cohabitation -- Same-sex relationships -- Pt. 3. When the music stops : dissolving a marriage and the aftermath -- Untying the knot : divorce and annulment -- Dollars and sense : the economic consequences of divorce -- Collateral damage : the children of divorce -- Pt. 4. The old and the new generation -- The extended family : elder law and the law of inheritance -- Parents and children : rights and duties -- Who do we belong to? Parentage and the law -- Chosen people : adoption and the law.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-422) and index.
