1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910482301103321

Autore

Anon

Titolo

Het zeste boec van den doorluchtigen ende vromen Ridder, Amadis van Gaule, tracterende van de feyten van oorloghen, ende vreemde avontueren ... van nieus inde Nederduytsche tale overghezet [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rotterdam, : Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, fl. 1642-1681, 1615

Descrizione fisica

Online resource (110 bl, 4°)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955389103321

Autore

Brashier Ralph C. <1957->

Titolo

Inheritance law and the evolving family / / Ralph C. Brashier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2004

ISBN

9786612581878

9781282581876

1282581872

9781592137831

1592137830

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Gender, family, and the law

Disciplina

346.7305/2

Soggetti

Inheritance and succession - United States

Probate law and practice - United States

Families - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Spouses; 2 Unmarried Cohabitants; 3 Children; 4 Paternity; 5 Adoption; 6 Assisted Reproduction; Final Thoughts: Where from Here?; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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