Family Law (LAW-636-001)
Polikoff
Notices
Required casebook and assignment for first class below
Description
An overview of the definitions of family, marriage, and divorce; the economic consequences of divorce; child placement; constitutional doctrine affecting the family; state intervention in the family; and the impact of gender on family law.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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The casebook for this course is Weisberg and Appleton, Modern Family Law, FOURTH EDITION. You may buy a used book as long as it is the FOURTH edition.
First Class Readings
The assignment for the first class is to read pp. 130-144 in the required casebook.
Syllabus
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