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This 2006 book provides a critical examination of ALI's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution.
List of contents
Foreword Mary Ann Glendon; Introduction Robin Fretwell Wilson; Part I. Fault: 1. Beyond fault and no-fault in the law of marital dissolution Lynn D. Wardle; 2. A city without duty, fault or shame Scott FitzGibbon; Part II. Custody: 3. Partners, caregivers, and the constitutional substance of parenthood David Meyer; 4. Custody law and the ALI's principles: a little history, a little policy, and some very tentative judgments Robert J. Levy; 5. Undeserved trust: reflections on the American Law Institute's treatment of de facto 'parents' Robin Fretwell Wilson; Part III. Child Support: 6. Asymmetric Parenthood Katharine Baker; 7. Paying to stay home: on competing notions of fairness and the imputation of income Mark Strasser; Part IV. Property Division: 8. The ALI property division principles: a model of radical paternalism John Gregory; 9. Unprincipled family dissolution: The American Law Institute's recommendations for division of property David Westfall; 10. You and me against the world: marriage and divorce from creditors' perspective Marie T. Reilly; Part V. Spousal Support: 11. Back to the future: the perils and promise of a backward looking jurisprudence June Carbone; 12. Money as emotion and the distribution of wealth at divorce Katharine Silbaugh; 13. Solidifying the 'no-fault' revolution: post modern marriage as seen through the Lens of ALI's 'compensatory payments' Katherine Spaht; Part VI. Domestic Partnership: 14. Domestic partnership and default rules Margaret F. Brinig; 15. Private ordering under the ALI Principles Martha Ertman; 16. Marriage matters: what's wrong with the ALI's Domestic Partnership Proposal Marsha Garrison; 17. Domestic partnership, implied contracts, and law reform Elizabeth Scott; Part VII. Agreements: 18. Premarital agreements in the ALI principles: the move towards abolition of state marriage laws Jane Adolphe; 19. The ALI principles and agreements: seeking a balance between status and contract Brian H. Bix; 20. The principles on agreements and international law Barbara Stark; Part VIII. Judicial and Legislative Perspectives: 21. A formula for fool's gold: the illustrative child support formula in chapter 3 of the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution Maura Corrigan; 22. A response to the Principles' Domestic Partnership Scheme Jean Hoefer Toal; Part IX. International Reflections: 23. Individualism and responsibility John Eekelaar; 24. The ALI's past child-caretaking standard in comparative perspective Patrick Parkinson; 25. Economic consequences of divorce: a Scandinavian perspective on the ALI principles Tone Sverdrup; Afterword Carl Schneider.
Summary
This 2006 book provides a critical examination of the American Law Institute's (ALI) Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations ('Principles'). The volume is a collaborative work of individuals from diverse perspectives and disciplines who explore the fundamental questions about the nature of family, parenthood and child support.
