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Sum and Substance Quick Review is a short, clear, concise, and substantive outline. It is designed to make the study of law clear and convenient, and it is designed to help students prepare for their law school exams. The main body is an outline of the substantive content that a student needs to prepare for a law school exam. The concise format provides a Big Picture overview allowing students to review the subject quickly prior to final exams. ... Read more

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The second edition of this casebook has been updated and trimmed, although it retains a wide range of topics and materials. It covers a variety of private international law issues, including child abduction, child custody, adoption, child support enforcement, and recognition of marriages and divorces. The book also explores the impact of public international law on both domestic and international regulation of the family, using topics such as family violence and the rights of the child. Finally, the book uses comparative law materials to examine traditional family law topics, such as the regulation of marriage, the rights of same-sex couples, adoption, reproductive freedom, and more. ... Read more

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Overall Great Experience
Product arrived in great condition, when it was supposed to arrive and I have had no problems.The seller did a great job performing adequately. ... Read more

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This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching. Each volume is edited by leading international authorities who explain the significance and context of articles in an informative and complete introduction.

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After your casebook, Casenote Legal Briefs will be your most important reference source for the entire semester. It is the most popular legal briefs series available, with over 140 titles, and is relied on by thousands of students for its expert case summaries, comprehensive analysis of concurrences and dissents, as well as of the majority opinion in the briefs.

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A favorite among law students and professors alike, the Examples & Explanations series is ideal for studying, reviewing and testing your understanding through application of hypothetical examples.Authored by leading professors with extensive classroom experience, Examples & Explanations titles offer hypothetical questions in the subject area, complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic, and compare your own analysis. ... Read more

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Good book, long time coming!
I am so glad to receive this book and the problem was that most people don't know that just because you make it an expedited shipment, it doesn't mean that it is sent in an expressed way.I have been in contact with the shipper and, while she was sure to send it quickly, the method was in a media package so it came with usual mail, which, for Hawaii, already takes two to three weeks.Anyway, good shipper and good book!!Thanks!

R Mac.

Clear explanation
Another clear, concise explanation book from Examples series.
I had no problem studying my class with this book.
If you want to go for another thick vague law book, look somewhere else.
If you want clear explanation of fundamental concept (especially for law student), i recommend this book

Worst Examples & Explanations That I Have Ever Read
As I read this book, I was under the distinct impression that the authors forgot about the deadline for completion and wrote it overnight.The editor of this book should lose his job.He should also be blackballed from the industry.I stopped counting spelling and grammatical errors within thirty minutes because I needed every ounce of concentration that I could possibly muster to read the unfriendly text.I have praised the Examples and Explanations series throughout my law-school career.However, I might actually be forced to burn this one and to pretend that it never existed.The authors omit important details and provide vague descriptions of important cases and points of law.Also, some sentences make no sense because words "switched positions are."The examples and explanations lack substance and imagination.Text explaining an aspect of law is immediately followed by an example and an explanation that repeats the text.Also, the authors used "P" and "D" as the names in almost every example.I am thoroughly disappointed with this book.I would suggest buying it only if you have no other options.I would wait for the second edition.Surely, Aspen Publishers cares about its reputation. ... Read more

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Almost all junior barristers in civil practice are likely to encounter family law work in their first years of practice. This manual therefore provides a detailed introduction to the key areas of the substantive family law of which the junior practitioner should have a good working knowledge. Key aspects of family law covered include domestic violence and the impact of the new practice direction on domestic violence allegations in residence cases, occupation of the family home, care proceedings, ancillary relief including developments in pre-nuptial agreements and orders under the s8 Children Act 1989. In recognition of the increasing desire to avoid costly and lengthy adversarial proceedings, the manual also includes a dedicated chapter focusing specifically on the role of mediation as a tool to resolving family law disputes.

Adopting a highly pragmatic approach, Family Law in Practice, encourages students to build on their existing basic practitioner skills, and highlights how to approach writing opinions and drafting documents specific to family law, including consent orders. It also provides invaluable practical advice on how to prepare for different types of hearing, what factors to consider in relation to negotiation, how to make persuasive submissions, and how to handle witnesses effectively, ensuring that the junior practitioner is fully prepared for his or her first steps in the family courts.

The text has been revised to include updates on the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 and developments relating to media access in private family law cases. Guidance is given on the current systems for child support as well as an introduction to the work of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement commission. ... Read more

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This title contains the full text of the California Family Code and related provisions from the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Education Code, Evidence Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Insurance Code, Penal Code, Probate Code, Revenue and Taxation Code, Vehicle Code, and Welfare and Institutions Code. Rules include all Family Law Rules, applicable selected rules, and selected sections from the Standards of Judicial Administration. It also includes provisions from the United States Code Annotated; and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Guidelines for Indian Child Custody Proceedings. ... Read more

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A lesbian couple rears a child together and, after the biological mother dies, the surviving partner loses custody to the child's estranged biological father. Four days later, in a different court, judges rule on the side of the partner, because they feel the child relied on the woman as a "psychological parent." What accounts for this inconsistency regarding gay and lesbian adoption and custody cases, and why has family law failed to address them in a comprehensive manner?

In Courting Change, Kimberly D. Richman zeros in on the nebulous realm of family law, one of the most indeterminate and discretionary areas of American law. She focuses on judicial decisions—both the outcomes and the rationales—and what they say about family, rights, sexual orientation, and who qualifies as a parent. Richman challenges prevailing notions that gay and lesbian parents and families are hurt by laws' indeterminacy, arguing that, because family law is so loosely defined, it allows for the flexibility needed to respond to — and even facilitate — changes in how we conceive of family, parenting, and the role of sexual orientation in family law.

Drawing on every recorded judicial decision in gay and lesbian adoption and custody cases over the last fifty years, and on interviews with parents, lawyers, and judges, Richman demonstrates how parental and sexual identities are formed and interpreted in law, and how gay and lesbian parents can harness indeterminacy to transform family law.

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Defining the Family: Law, Technology, and Reproduction in an Uneasy Age provides a sweeping portrait of the family in American law from the nineteenth century to the present. The family today has come to be defined by individuality and choice. Pre-nuptial agreements, non-marital cohabitation, gay and lesbian marriages have all profoundly altered our ideas about marriage and family. In the last few years, reproductive technology and surrogacy have accelerated this process of change at a breathtaking rate. Once simple questions have taken on a dizzying complexity: Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? Between viable sperm and the wife of a dead donor?

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ideal for exam use - and now with clearer typeThe palgrave macmillan core statutes series has been developed to meet the needs of today's law students. Compiled by experienced lecturers, each title contains the essential materials needed at LLB level and on GDL/CPE courses. They are specifically designed to be easy to use under exam conditions and in the lecture hall.This new edition of core statutes on family law has been thoroughly revised and updated and contains essential material up to June 2009.New to this edition:/ Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 / Human Embryology and Fertilisation Act 2008 ... Read more

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This is a new and thought-provoking look at law and marriage in late antiquity, dealing particularly with the legislation on marriage enacted by the Roman emperor Constantine. Though Constantine is usually accepted as being the first Christian emperor, Judith Grubbs argues here that the extent of Christian influence on his marriage legislation was limited. Her study of his laws against the background of both classical Roman law and early Christian attitudes toward marriage reveals much about contemporary behavior and belief in this period. ... Read more

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good but disappointing
I won't repeat my more scholarly review in the WCC here on Amazon.com. Let me just say to the layperson -- this book is not for you.Instead it requires a grasp of both law and society in ancient Rome to fullyappreciate and evaluate this book.Too often entire sections of the bookrepeat themselves and the theory comes at the end as part of theconclusion.You may have to read it twice to fully understand and eitheragree or disagree with Grubbs' views. ... Read more

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Australian Family Law: The Contemporary Context provides a critical approach to contemporary Australian family law. A description and analysis of the law is set in a broad context that includes theoretical and policy debates surrounding the law and the family as well as discussion of relevant empirical and research literature and reference where relevant to developments in overseas jurisdictions.


The chapters of the book reflect a range of approaches depending on the particular material being covered. Some are necessarily more technical and cover traditionally recognized sub-categories of 'family law', while adopting a fresh approach to the materials and developing new ideas. Others are more novel, wide-ranging and thematic. In each chapter the authors develop a main argument or arguments, which reflect the themes of the book - fragmentation, gender politics, child-centeredness and respect for diversity. ... Read more

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In what ways has Islamic law discriminated against women and privileged men? What rights and power have been accorded to Muslim women, and how have they used the legal system to enhance their social and economic position? In an analysis of Islamic law through the prism of gender, Judith Tucker tackles these complex questions relating to the position of women in Islamic society, and to the ways in which the legal system impacted on the family, property rights, space and sexuality, from classical and medieval times to the present. Working with concepts drawn from feminist legal theory and by using particular cases to illustrate her arguments, the author systematically addresses questions of discrimination and expectation - what did men expect of their womenfolk - and of how the language of the law contributed to that discrimination, infecting the system and all those who participated in it. ... Read more

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Islamic Feminist Issues
"Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law", written by a non-Muslim Georgetwon University history professor: Judith Tucker.Chapter titles:Woman as wife and man as husband: making the marital bargain (pre-twentieth-century practices, modern reformers); Woman and man as divorced: asserting rights (the legal tradition; reform); Woman and man as legal subjects (tradition, reform); Woman and man in gendered space: submitting (sexuality, juridical tradition, reform).The author briefly mentions various male Muslim women's-rights reformers of the 1860-s1920s. In discussing hadith marriage rules, the author opined: "Jurists may vary somewhat in the emphasis they place on the couple's or the man's pure enjoyment of sex versus marital sex as the key to legal reproduction, but the marriage contract is first and foremost for the establishment of licit sexual relations between a man and a woman" (p.42). The author briefly reviews topics of: What rights women had to refuse a marriage proposal; marriage contracts and dowries; some Shia vs Sunni differences regarding marriage rights and duties; a wife's right to object to her husband's demands;support; her religious devotions; discussion of the Quran's admonishment for `beating' a wife; when a man travels how many wives does he need to take along; maturity at time of marriage;Muta (temp) marriages. The author cites various marriage laws from numerous Muslim counties, but no real detailed in-depth discussion of them.This is the main shortcoming of this book, it provides a `shotgun' look at many gender issues, but while it quotes from the hadith and Quran occasionally, there are no firm `conclusions' regarding the legal rights of Muslim women.As the author herself noted: "I have not found it easy to provide a neat summary of the rules because of the diversity of legal opinion among the classical jurists, the reforming thinkers and officials, and contemporary activists" (p. 82). The author briefly notes how the different legal-schools (Hanbali, Hanfi, Maliki, etc.) differ in their interpretations.This book is useful for a student to begin to learn about the multitude of different issues pertaining to women's right in Muslim `law.'This book raises many questions regarding many `gender rules', and provides good perspectives, but few definitive `answers.' It is not written from a `feminist liberation' perspective, but an inquiring perspective in reviewing major gender issues.The issues are not reviewed in either confrontational or judgmental perspectives.This book provides a very useful look at the many sexist-related `regulations' that exist scattered throughout the Muslim community. A good (4 stars) look at "here are the sexism issues", weak (one star) on the "here are the historical hadith views", and empty regarding "here are the reforms" to establish Western secular-rights for Muslim women. ... Read more

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Great resource if you're working to control your divorce.
Sue Talia's latest book is no weighty tome. Actually it's only 88 pages, but Sue delivers according to her usual superb standards. Her prose is engaging and straightforward, as it should be. But I wouldn't be suggesting you spend $9.00 for pleasant prose. What sets this book apart is Sue's wisdom -- her savvy and understanding of how the system works, how lawyers think, and what divorcing people need. My personal favorite is "How to Screw Up Your Case in Five Easy Lessons" (Hint: don't argue with the judge). Also included: How to decide if you're a good candidate for limited legal services, How to find the right lawyer to coach you, and How to get good results from your attorney. She finishes the book with several good checklists to use in getting through your divorce. I'm recommending it to my divorcing clients. ... Read more

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Really great!
it was a very accurated book which helped me to find that my vocation is not the law. ... Read more

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Black Letter Outlines are designed to help a law student recognize and understand the basic principles and issues of law covered in a law school course. Black Letter Outlines can be used both as a study aid when preparing for classes and as a review of the subject matter when studying for an examination. Each Black Letter Outline is written by experienced law school professors who are recognized national authorities in their subject area. ... Read more