Private Lives
Private Lives

Author: Lawrence Meir Friedman

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780674015623

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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.

Subject Catalog
Subject Catalog

Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 902

ISBN-13:

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Prospectus on Research
Prospectus on Research

Author: Committee on Studies, the Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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A summary of research recommendations of the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth prepared by the Committee on Studies for the Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth.

Failure to Flourish
Failure to Flourish

Author: Clare Huntington

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0195385764

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This title argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families. Strong, stable, positive relationships are essential for both individuals and society to flourish, but the law makes it harder for parents to provide children with these kinds of relationships. Zoning laws can create long commutes and impersonal neighbourhoods. Criminal laws can take parents away from home. The book contends that we must re-orient the legal system to help families avoid crises, and when conflicts arise, intervene in a manner that heals relationships.