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This is the first book that systematically examines deception in sexual, marital, and familial relationships and uncovers the hidden body of law that shields intimate deceivers from legal consequences. It argues that entering an intimate relationship-or being duped into one-should not mean losing the law's protection from deceit.
List of contents
- Introduction: So Much Deception, So Little Time
- Part I: The Practice of Intimate Deception
- 1: Why Do People Deceive Their Intimates?
- 2: Why Does Intimate Deception Work?
- 3: What Injuries Can Intimate Deceivers Inflict?
- Part II: The Law of Intimate Deception
- 4: A Legal History of Intimate Deception
- 5: Modern Law's Sharp Divide Between Deception Within and Outside Intimacy
- 6: The Legal Protection of Ordinary Deception in Courtship, Sex, and Marriage
- 7: Intimate Deception Outside of Romantic, Sexual, or Marital Relationships
- Part III: Reforming the Law of Intimate Deception
- 8: Work to Be Done
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
About the author
Jill Elaine Hasday is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and the Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Her work focuses on family law, antidiscrimination law, constitutional law, and legal history. She graduated from Yale Law School and Yale College and clerked for Judge Patricia M. Wald of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Summary
This is the first book that systematically examines deception in sexual, marital, and familial relationships and uncovers the hidden body of law that shields intimate deceivers from legal consequences. It argues that entering an intimate relationship-or being duped into one-should not mean losing the law's protection from deceit.
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With a masterful marshalling of evidence, Jill Hasday paints a bleak picture of intimate relationships and the pervasive deception that often shapes them. Hasday leaves no stone unturned, making a convincing case that the law has unjustifiably failed duped intimates by refusing to deploy standard legal remedies. Like everything Hasday writes, this book is comprehensively researched, effectively organized, and compelling from beginning to end. The only downside to reading this book is the realization that your life, too, may be built on a bed of lies.
