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Intimate Associations: The Law and Culture of American Families
J. Herbie DiFonzo and Ruth C. Stern 2013Drawing upon a wealth of social science data, they show that, by a number of measures, children of married parents fare better than children in a household formed by cohabiting adults. This is not to condemn nontraditional families, but to point out that society and the law do not yet adequately provide for their needs. The authors applaud the ways in which courts and legislatures are beginning to replace rigid concepts of marriage and parenthood with the more flexible concept of "functional" family roles. In the conclusion, they call for a legal system that can adapt to the continually changing reality of family life.
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- 978-0-472-03538-0 (paper)
- 978-0-472-11730-7 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-02942-6 (ebook)
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