Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten (Feminist Judgment Series: Rewritten Judicial Opinions)
Cambridge University Press, 6/25/2020
EAN 9781108458337, ISBN10: 1108458335
Paperback, 444 pages, 22.2 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This book provides new, feminist perspectives on famous family law cases that span generations. The chapters take court decisions and rewrite them with feminist ideas in mind. Each rewritten opinion is penned by a leading scholar who relied only on materials available at the time of the original decision. The decisions address topics such as the criminalization of polygamy, intimate partner violence as a ground for asylum, the legality of gestational surrogacy, the rights of cohabitants, discrimination against transgender parents, immigration rules governing non-citizen parents, and child welfare and child support systems, among others. Each opinion is accompanied by a commentary that explains the original opinion as well as its contemporary relevance, and each commentary also is authored by a respected scholar. The combination of a rewritten opinion and its commentary provides an in-depth examination of the most important topics in family law.
1. Introduction Rachel Rebouché
2. Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1879) Marie Failinger and Laura Kessler
3. McGuire v. McGuire, 59 N.W.2d 336 (Neb. 1953) Mary Anne Case, Martha Ertman and Zvi Triger
4. Dandridge v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970) Maya Manian and Susan Frelich Appleton
5. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Kristen Murray
6. Marvin v. Marvin, 557 P.2d 106 (Cal. 1976) AnÃÂbal Rosario Lebrón and Kate Sablosky Elengold
7. Kulko v. Superior Court, 436 U.S. 84 (1978) Mary-Beth Moylan and Katherine Macfarlane
8. Daly v. Daly, 715 P.2d 56 (Nev. 1986) Raff Donelson and Nancy Polikoff
9. Michael H. v. Gerald D., 491 U.S. 110 (1989) Suzanne Kim and Albertina Antognini
10. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989) Macarena Saez and Jessica Dixon Weaver
11. Simeone v. Simeone, 581 A.2d 162 (Pa. 1990) Jamie Abrams and Alicia Kelly
12. Borelli v. Brusseau, 12 Cal. App. 4th 647 (1993) June Carbone and Jo Carrillo
13. Turner v. Rogers, 564 U.S. 431 (2011) Warren Binford and Elizabeth L. MacDowell
14. In re T.J.S., 54 A.3d 263 (N.J. 2012) June Carbone and Seema Mohapatra
15. Matter of A-B-, Respondent, 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018) Natalie Nanasi and Suzan M. Pritchett
16. Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 2017 WL 2507339 (U.S. 2017) Cynthia Godsoe and Tracy Thomas.