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Autore |
Brashier Ralph C. <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Inheritance law and the evolving family / / Ralph C. Brashier |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-58187-2 |
9786612581878 |
1-59213-783-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Gender, family, and the law |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Inheritance and succession - United States |
Probate law and practice - United States |
Families - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-253) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Spouses; 2 Unmarried Cohabitants; 3 Children; 4 Paternity; 5 Adoption; 6 Assisted Reproduction; Final Thoughts: Where from Here?; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nontraditional families are today an important part of American family life. Yet when a loved one dies, our inheritance laws are often stingy even towards survivors in the nuclear family. With humor, enthusiasm, and a bit of righteous outrage, Ralph C. Brashier explores how probate laws ignore gender roles and marital contributions of the spouse, often to the detriment of the surviving widow; how probate laws pretend that unmarried couples-particularly gay and lesbian ones-do not exist; how probate laws allow a parent to disinherit even the neediest child; and how probate laws for nonmarital c |
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