The key role of "incentives" in family law is considered in this economic approach to family law. The book discusses the possible adverse consequences emanating from faulty legal design, while demonstrating that good family law should provide incentives for consistent and honest behavior. Economists, specialists in the economic analysis of law, and academic lawyers discuss recent advances in specialized studies of marriage, cohabitation, and divorce. This important new work will be of considerable interest to lawyers, policy-makers and economists concerned with family law.
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The key role of 'incentives' in family law are considered in this economic approach to family law. The book discusses the possible adverse consequences emanating from faulty legal design, while demonstrating that good family law should provide incentives for consistent and honest behavior. Economists, specialists in the economic analysis of law, and academic lawyers discuss recent advances in specialist work on marriage, cohabitation, and divorce. This important new study will be of considerable interest to lawyers, policy-makers and economists concerned with family law.
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This book is a response to growing public concern about family breakdown, which is associated in the academic world with a burgeoning interest in marriage and divorce. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Other Woman, American Economic Review, Harvard University Press, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Legal Studies, American Law Institute, Virginia Law Review, Clarendon Press, Federal Republic of Germany, Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division, Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute, University of California, University of Chicago Press, Duke University Press, North America, Allen Parkman, Basic Books, Department of Economics, Family Law Quarterly, Free Press, Indiana Code, Judith Wallerstein, Lord Chancellor's Department New!
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This book is a response to growing public concern about family breakdown, which is associated in the academic world with a burgeoning interest in marriage and divorce. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Other Woman, American Economic Review, Harvard University Press, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Legal Studies, American Law Institute, Virginia Law Review, Clarendon Press, Federal Republic of Germany, Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division, Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute, University of California, University of Chicago Press, Duke University Press, North America, Allen Parkman, Basic Books, Department of Economics, Family Law Quarterly, Free Press, Indiana Code, Judith Wallerstein, Lord Chancellor's Department New!
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- A Treatise on the Family: Enlarged Edition by Gary S. Becker on 6 pages
- The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract by F. H. Buckley on 5 pages
- No-Fault Divorce: What Went Wrong? by Allen M. Parkman on page 155, page 189, and page 210
- Divorce Culture, The by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead on page 117, page 208, and page 211
- The Divorce Revolution: The Unexpected Social and Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America by Lenore J. Weitzman on page 117, page 198, and page 210
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- Families and the European Union: Law, Politics and Pluralism (Law in Context) by Clare McGlynn on page 197, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Marriage Proposals: Questioning a Legal Status by Anita Bernstein on page 142
- Family Law and Personal Life by John Eekelaar on page 24
- The Place of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, and Responsibility by Linda C. McClain in Back Matter
- Risk in Social Science by Peter Taylor-Gooby on page 156
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