Inheritance law and the evolving family / / Ralph C. Brashier
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 346.7305/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Inheritance and succession - United States |
| Probate law and practice - United States | |
| Families - United States | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Inheritance law and the evolving family |
| ISBN: | 1-282-58187-2 |
| 9786612581878 | |
| 1-59213-783-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815993803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Gender, family, and the law.