Fall 2009 Course Schedule

Family Law (LAW-636-001)
Polikoff

Meets: 09:00 AM - 10:20 AM (TTH) - Room 524

Enrolled: 58 / Limit: 60

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Notices

We hit the ground running on day one, so please do the readings for class noted 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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First Class Readings

Weisberg and Appleton, MODERN FAMILY LAW, Third Edition: Pages 140-158 (omit the problems on page 154) plus the corresponding pages in the 2008 Supplement