Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials

Weisberg, D. Kelly

Appleton, Susan Frelich

Family Law

Aspen Publishers

Weisberg, D. Kelly, Appleton, Susan Frelich

Modern Family Law 2007: Cases and Materials

ASPEN PUB.

Adoption and Assisted Reproduction: Families Under Construction provides an in-depth exploration of the fascinating and controversial issues emerging out of biotechnology and society's expanding understanding of family identity. In this ideal supplement to any Family Law curriculum, authors Appleton and Weisberg combine solid treatment of the law and carefully crafted additional content to elicit analysis and fuel class discussion. Using a balanced presentation of law, policy, critical perspectives, and depictions in popular culture, this finely honed text features: <ul>
<li> Thorough analysis of important cases, statutes, and regulations, including law reform efforts and the absence of law on some topics </li> <li> Opportunities for comparative analysis of law and policy among various states and nations, with exploration of questions of jurisdiction, choice of law, and enforcement </li> <li> Critical perspectives on core concepts, such as parentage, the role of the state in the construction of family, and examination of unspoken assumptions about gender, race, and class </li> <li> Clear and informative exposition </li> <li> Interdisciplinary materials and references to books and films from popular culture, which bring the legal materials to life </li> <li> Discussion of professional responsibility and the role of the lawyer in the face of cutting-edge social issues and nascent law and policy </li> <li> Notes and Questions that follow the principal cases and illuminate salient themes </li> <li> Thought-provoking problems that prompt consideration of new issues, preparing students not only to address the law as it exists, but as it might become </li> </ul>

Adoptions and Assisted Reproduction: Families Under Construction

Aspen Law & Business

Offering complete and even more concise coverage that includes contemporary issues of debate, Weisberg and Appleton integrate rich interdisciplinary materials with great teaching cases, notes, and problems. Engaging narratives reveal the fascinating background behind the cases and connect students to the impact of the law on people's lives. Written with sensitivity to issues of gender, race, and class, Modern Family Law, Fourth Edition, features: <ul>
<li> probing coverage that reflects the social diversity of modern families </li> <li> a candid examination of the development of family law in response to <ul>
<li> the women's movement </li> <li> the children's rights movement </li> <li> the fathers' rights movement </li> <li> domestic violence </li> <li> changing sexual mores </li> <li> nontraditional family forms </li> <li> developments in reproductive technology </li> </ul>
</li> <li> interdisciplinary perspectives throughout the text </li> <li> balanced coverage of contemporary themes and basic family law </li> <li> a variety of problem exercises, most derived from actual cases and events </li> <li> flexible organization adapts to shorter or longer courses </li> </ul>
 Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition addresses recent developments in the law, addressing: <ul>
<li> Abortion, domestic violence, no-fault divorce reform, parentage, adoption and assisted reproduction </li> <li> same-sex marriage, civil unions and same-sex divorce </li> <li> major new cases, such as <ul>
<li> Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, holding unconstitutional the exclusion of same-sex couples from the right to marry </li> <li> Gonzales v. Carhart, upholding the constitutionality of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act </li> <li> post-Lawrence v. Texas developments relevant to sexual behavior </li> </ul>
</li> <li> Recent amendments to FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) and VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) </li> </ul>
 Now in its Fourth Edition, Weisberg and Appleton’s Modern Family Law reflects a progressive and inclusive perspective that recognizes how the diversity of today’s families challenges traditional legal concepts and principles.

Modern Family Law reflects the social diversity of the modern family as it examines the legal impacts of the women's movement, the children's rights movement, the fathers' rights movement, domestic violence, changing sexual mores, nontraditional family forms, and developments in reproductive technology. Integrating valuable interdisciplinary perspectives, the text includes excerpts, notes, and questions emanating from history, psychology, sociology, social work, medicine, and philosophy. A variety of problem exercises, most derived from actual cases and current events, covers cross-cutting themes as well as the basics of family law. Human-interest stories that complement the cases heighten student awareness of the real impact of the law on people's lives. Modern Family Law Easily adapts to shorter or longer courses. The Fifth Edition offers contemporary perspectives on family law theory and covers new developments on such topics as alienation of affections, adoption, assisted reproduction, attorneys' sexual ethics, bigamy, child abuse, child custody and support, divorce, domestic violence, grandparents' visitation rights, names in the family, parentage, premarital agreements, and reproductive rights. The text features major coverage of developments on same-sex marriage, DOMA, and other issues of equality for gay and lesbian families. The decline of marriage and the rise of new conceptualizations of family are explored along with the return of the "culture wars" including political disputes about contraception. Features: <ul>
<li> reflects the social diversity of the modern family </li> <li> examines the legal impact of important topics <ul>
<li> the women's movement </li> <li> the children's rights movement </li> <li> the fathers' rights movement </li> <li> domestic violence </li> <li> changing sexual mores </li> <li> nontraditional family forms </li> <li> developments in reproductive technology </li> </ul>
</li> <li> integrates valuable interdisciplinary perspectives <ul>
<li> excerpts, notes, and questions </li> <li> history, psychology, sociology, social work, medicine, and philosophy </li> </ul>
</li> <li> covers cross-cutting themes as well as the basics of family law </li> <li> presents a variety of problem exercises, most from actual cases and current events </li> <li> easily adapts to shorter or longer courses </li> <li> heightens student awareness of the law's impact through human-interest stories </li> </ul>
 Thoroughly updated, the revised Fifth Edition presents: <ul>
<li> new developments on: <ul>
<li> alienation of affections </li> <li> adoption </li> <li> assisted reproduction </li> <li> attorneys' sexual ethics </li> <li> bigamy </li> <li> child abuse </li> <li> child custody and support </li> <li> divorce </li> <li> domestic violence </li> <li> grandparents' visitation rights </li> <li> names in the family </li> <li> parentage </li> <li> premarital agreements </li> <li> reproductive rights </li> </ul>
</li> <li> major coverage of developments on same-sex marriage, DOMA, and other issues of equality for gay and lesbian families </li> <li> the decline of marriage and the rise of new conceptualizations of family </li> <li> contemporary perspectives on family law theory </li> <li> the return of the "culture wars" including political disputes about contraception </li> </ul>

Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook)

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

Modern Family Law reflects the social diversity of the modern family as it examines the legal impacts of the women s movement, the children s rights movement, the fathers rights movement, domestic violence, changing sexual mores, nontraditional family forms, and developments in reproductive technology. Integrating valuable interdisciplinary perspectives, the text includes excerpts, notes, and questions emanating from history, psychology, sociology, social work, medicine, and philosophy. A variety of problem exercises, most derived from actual cases and current events, covers cross-cutting themes as well as the basics of family law. Human-interest stories that complement the cases heighten student awareness of the real impact of the law on people s lives. Modern Family Law easily adapts to shorter or longer courses.
The Sixth Edition offers contemporary perspectives on family law theory and covers new developments on such topics as alienation of affections, adoption, assisted reproduction, attorneys sexual ethics, bigamy, child abuse, child custody and support, divorce, domestic violence, grandparents visitation rights, names in the family, parentage, premarital agreements, and reproductive rights. The text features major coverage of developments on same-sex marriage, DOMA, and other issues of equality for gay and lesbian families. The decline of marriage and the rise of new conceptualizations of family are explored along with the return of the culture wars, including political disputes about contraception.

Legal Education

This book is designed for law school seminars and courses, including first-year electives, as well as advanced undergraduate courses in legal studies or other departments. Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction, Second Edition, provides an in-depth exploration of the fascinating and controversial issues emerging out of biotechnology and society’s changing understanding of family identity. The authors combine solid treatment of the law and carefully crafted additional content to provoke inquiry and fuel class discussion, using a multidisciplinary presentation of legal authorities, policy perspectives, critical analysis, and cultural contexts. Coverage includes the impact of marriage equality, increasing departures from traditional family arrangements, and modern approaches to adoption, as well as infertility treatments, collaborative reproductive arrangements, and reproductive tourism. 
New to the Second Edition:\nA new Part I on parentage, parental responsibilities, and parental authority, tracing the evolution from traditional doctrine to contemporary approaches and emphasizing the policy of keeping dependency private 
The addition of principal cases on wrongful adoption, challenges to sealed adoption records, and intercountry adoption 
Restructured chapters on assisted reproduction reflecting consequential changes in the legal landscape\nProfessors and students will benefit from:\nThorough coverage of significant cases, statutes, and regulations, including law reform efforts and recognition of law’s silence on some topics 
Opportunities for comparative analysis of law and policy, from “then” to “now” and among various states and nations, with examination of jurisdiction, choice of law, and enforcement 
An approach that questions core concepts, such as parentage, by highlighting the role of the state in the construction of family and the influence of assumptions about gender, race, sexualities, marriage, class, and dependency 
Inclusive materials, such as narratives as well as summaries of popular books and films, which explore the interaction of law and life 
Consideration of professional responsibility, including the often challenging role of lawyers in adoptions and reproductive collaborations 
A mix of classic and leading-edge cases 
Notes and Questions that provide background and illuminate salient themes 
Thought-provoking Problems that prompt consideration of new issues 
Inserts presenting “Depictions in Popular Culture” of the situations at the center of the cases

Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction (Aspen Casebook Series)

Aspen Publishing

&lt;p> When you teach Family Law, how do you convey the lively social context of this  continually evolving area? &lt;b>Modern Family Law, Third Edition&lt;/b>, uses  cases, notes, interdisciplinary materials, and problems to address the full  range of the subject, with sensitivity to issues of gender, race, and class. &lt;/p> &lt;p> &lt;b>This dynamic casebook&lt;/b>: &lt;/p> &lt;ul> &lt;li> reflects the social diversity of the modern family &lt;/li> &lt;li> examines the social and legal impacts of: the women's movement, the children's  rights movement, the fathers' rights movement, domestic violence, changing  sexual mores, new family forms, and developments in reproductive technology &lt;/li> &lt;li> integrates valuable interdisciplinary perspectives, including excerpts, notes,  and questions emanating from history, psychology, sociology, social work,  medicine, and philosophy &lt;/li> &lt;li> covers the basics of family law as well as more expansive topics &lt;/li> &lt;li> presents a variety of problem exercises, most derived from actual cases and  current events &lt;/li> &lt;li> easily adapts to courses of various lengths heightens student awareness of the  real effect of the law on people's lives through narratives and stories about  the people behind the cases &lt;/li> &lt;/ul> &lt;p> &lt;b>Scrupulously updated with new cases, notes, problems, and excerpts, the&lt;/b> &lt;b> Third Edition&lt;/b>: &lt;/p> &lt;ul> &lt;li> provides extensive coverage of the same-sex marriage debate and its  ramifications, including the &lt;i>Lawrence, Goodridge, and Lofton&lt;/i> cases,  civil unions and domestic partnerships, parentage determinations, custody and  visitation, child support, name changes, property rights, the proposed federal  marriage amendment to the Constitution, and the wider implications for gender  classifications in family law &lt;/li> &lt;li> presents expanded treatment of domestic violence, including &lt;i>Town of Castle  Rock v. Gonzalez&lt;/i>, discrimination against abuse victims in the areas of  housing and employment, victims' attempts to change names and hide, and the  implications for custody and support &lt;/li> &lt;li> discusses custody and visitation rights of both grandparents and stepparents  in the post-Troxel era &lt;/li> &lt;li> supplies revised coverage of the family-work conflict, including discussion of  the &quot;glass ceiling,&quot; the &quot;maternal wall,&quot; and the gendered household division  of labor &lt;/li> &lt;li> treats right-to-die issues, most notably the Terri Schiavo case and its  ramifications for privacy, the family, and federalism &lt;/li> &lt;li> addresses partial-birth abortion bans and teenagers' abortion rights,  including the proposed federal parental notification statute (the Child  Interstate Abortion Notification Act) and the pending Supreme Court case of &lt;i> Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England&lt;/i> &lt;/li> &lt;li> includes expanded treatment of sexual orientation in terms of employment,  housing, domestic violence, and the military's &quot;Don't ask, don't tell&quot; policy  &lt;/li> &lt;li> considers fetal protection measures at both the federal and state levels that  criminalize the killing of a fetus, such as the &lt;i>Unborn Victims of Violence  Act&lt;/i> &lt;/li> &lt;li> deals with important evidentiary issues, such as the child abuse implications  of &lt;i>Crawford v. Washington&lt;/i> and the interspousal wiretapping case of &lt;i> Glazner v. Glazner&lt;/i> &lt;/li> &lt;li> reviews paternity disestablishment for husbands who deny paternity after  genetic tests disprove their biological fatherhood &lt;/li> &lt;li> updates issues of contraceptive fraud, such as the &quot;purloined sperm&quot; cases in  which women lie about taking birth control pills or &quot;steal&quot; their partner's  sperm without his consent &lt;/li> &lt;/ul> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p> &lt;p>  &lt;/p>

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Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials

Modern Family Law 2007: Cases and Materials

Adoptions and Assisted Reproduction: Families Under Construction

Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials

Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook)

Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook)

Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction (Aspen Casebook Series)

Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials

Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials