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Family law draws from constitutional law as well as from criminal law, conflict laws, and the laws of contracts, torts, property, inheritance, and even taxation. This comprehensive review inspects the creation of marriage relationships, spousal rights and obligations, parent and child relationships, marriage termination, and the economic consequences of divorce. ... Read more

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Concise, well-written, authoritative
"Nutshells" are not just for slackers who blew off the semester and need to cram at the last minute.I've been consistently impressed with the quality of West's Nutshell series.They're excellent study aids for summary, clarification, and getting the key points and big picture.This one is written by two prominent scholars in the field, the senior of whom (Harry Krause at Illinois) is also the lead editor on one of the major casebooks (Krause, Elrod, Garrison, Oldham, Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions).Thus this little book is epecially valuable if your class is using that casebook.

This nutshell provides an excellent tour through all the major areas and issues of family law.There's a nice balance among history, leading cases, and commentary on how the law is evolving.It's short, concise, and, as the authors are not afraid to be droll now and then, a breezy, interesting, and pleasant read. ... Read more

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The 6th edition of this popular and manageably sized casebook retains the structure of the 5th edition and its emphasis on practical skills and contextual analysis. New cases, statutes, and notes reflect judicial and legislative developments across the country. The new edition includes materials on the 2005 amendments to the bankruptcy code and two new uniform laws. It also integrates the Supreme Court's recent privacy cases, including Lawrence v. Texas, with traditional family-privacy materials. Updated notes and additional problems test a wide range of skills and introduce students to practical aspects of family law. ... Read more

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Decent Book, but has many flaws
This is a decent law school text book. While it does give a good overall summary of the current trends in family law, the book is filled with notes that really have no relevancy in any way to the cases you have read. Also the comments sections devoted to law reviews feel like they were forced in to add pages as these comments usually add nothing to the section in which you are studying ... Read more

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Legalines gives you authoritative, detailed briefs of every major case in your casebook.You get a clear explanation of facts, the issues, the court's holding and reasoning, and any significant concurrences or dissents.Even more importantly, you get an authoritative explanation of the significance of each case, and how it relates to other cases in your casebook.And with Legalines' detailed table of cases, you can quickly find any case or concept you're looking for.

But your professor expects you to know more than just the cases.That's why Legalines gives you more than just case briefs.You get summaries of the black letter law as well.That's crucial because some of the most important information in your casebooks isn't in the cases at all… it's the black letter principles you're expected to glean from those cases.

Legalines is the only study aid that gives you both case briefs and black letter review.With Legalines, you get everything you need to know - whether it's in a case or not! ... Read more

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This paralegal-specific introduction to family law provides current coverage of legal topics. The chapter format is designed to be practical and approachable offering students experience with real cases and exposure to forms and checklists they will use on the job. Edited cases provide real-world examples. The brief paperback format gives you flexibility in course organization and opportunities for supplemental readings tailored to your needs. ... Read more

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Introduction to Family Law combines the study of legal theory and practical application with a fictional storyline that lets the reader share in the many experiences of a new paralegal on the job. Susan, the fictional character who has recently graduated, addresses many family legal issues as she serves as interviewer, researcher, writer, and motion and pleadings preparer. The reader, in turn, shares in the challenges, rewards and humor experienced in this typical family law practice. Within each chapter, the reader learns about legal theory, pertinent case briefs, and practical exhibits through this fictional storyline. Chapter summaries, review questions, key terms, and online resources support learning and retention. A comprehensive glossary and lists of industry resources make this study guide a useful reference tool, as well. ... Read more

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Complete guide to using mediation in a family law practice. ... Read more

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The handbook for starting a mediation practice
This is "the" handbook for all mediators wishing to either start or re-vamp a mediation practice.It covers from A-Z everything you need to know about both the practice and office setup.I've taken a 40-hour mediation training with Mr. Mosten, and he's one of the most talented and knowledgeable professionals in practice today.A must-read. ... Read more

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Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again!Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included.look no further for study resources or reference material. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes, and practice-tests for your textbook. Only Cram101 is Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook. ... Read more

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The Aspen Code Book, edited by faculty familiar with student needs and course requirements, is an economical and efficient solution to a student's statutory needs. The code book organizes in one place all of the state and federal statutes which a law student taking a specific course would like to have readily available for consultation.

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Attractive, easy-to-read design;

Content and organization that mirror content of law school course;

Brief author commentary creating context for the statutory provisions in simplified terms will guide students through the more ambiguous and confusing statutes. ... Read more

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A tiny African-American baby lies in a hospital incubator, tubes protruding from his nostrils, head, and limbs. "He couldn't take the hit," the caption warns. "If you're pregnant, don't take drugs." Ten years earlier, this billboard would have been largely unintelligible to many of us. But when it appeared in 1991, it immediately conjured up several powerful images: the helpless infant himself; his unseen environment, a newborn intensive care unit filled with babies crying inconsolably; and the mother who did this -- crack-addicted and unrepentant.

Misconceiving Mothers is a case study of how public policy about reproduction and crime is made. Laura E. Gómez uses secondary research and first-hand interviews with legislators and prosecutors to examine attitudes toward the criminalization and/or medicalization of drug use during pregnancy by the legislature and criminal justice system in California. She traces how an initial tendency toward criminalization gave way to a trend toward seeing the problem of "crack babies" as an issue of social welfare and public health.

It is no surprise that in an atmosphere of mother-blaming, particularly targeted at poor women and women of color, "crack babies" so easily captured the American popular imagination in the late 1980s. What is surprising is the way prenatal drug exposure came to be institutionalized in the state apparatus. Gómez attributes this circumstance to four interrelated causes: the gendered nature of the social problem; the recasting of the problem as fundamentally "medical" rather than "criminal"; the dynamic nature of the process of institutionalization; and the specific features of the legal institutions -- that is, the legislature and prosecutors' offices -- that became prominent in the case.

At one level Misconceiving Mothers tells the story of a particular problem at a particular time and place how the California legislature and district attorneys grappled with pregnant women's drug use in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At another level, the book tells a more general story about the political nature of contemporary social problems. The story it tells is political not just because it deals with the character of political institutions but because the process itself and the nature of the claims-making concern the power to control the allocation of state resources.

A number of studies have looked at how the initial criminalization of social problems takes place. Misconceiving Mothers looks at the process by which a criminalized social problem is institutionalized through the attitudes and policies of elite decision-makers. ... Read more