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Alone together : law and the meaning of marriage / Milton C. Regan, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Regan, Milton C., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Husband and wife--United Sates.
- Husband and wife.
- Husband and wife--Psychological aspects.
- Husband and wife--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Marriage involves complex notions of connection and freedom. This book explores the ways in which law seeks to accommodate tensions between commitment and freedom in marriage, suggesting that only close attention to context can decide what weight to assign to each dimension of spousal identity.
- Contents:
- Contents; Part I: Spouses and Persons; 1 Introduction: Double Identity; 2 Moments of Marriage; Part II: Markets and Marriage; 3 Economics, Marriage, and Divorce; 4 Economics and Attachment; Part III: Trust and Betrayal; 5 Spousal Privilege; 6 Adverse Testimony and the Internal Stance; Part IV: Money and Divorce; 7 Divorce Awards and Property Rhetoric; 8 The Risks of Property Rhetoric; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771823-X
- 1-280-45328-1
- 0-19-534443-X
- 0-585-16435-5
- OCLC:
- 609832146
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