Nameless Persons - Legal Discrimination Against Non-Marital Children in the United States

List of contents

Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident: Birth Status--Historical Foundations and Feminist Critique
Introduction
Terminology
Masculinist and Feminist Perspectives: The Feminist Challenge
Methodological Framework
The Nuclear Family and the Dependent Status of Women
Historical Overview
Women and Supreme Court Decisions
Conclusion
Burdening the "Nameless" and Their Parents: Case Analysis
Introduction
Wrongful Death
Fathers' Rights
Financial Assistance--State Benefits
Financial Assistance--Federal Benefits
Inheritance
Paternity and Support Actions
Immigration
Perspective Shades Perception: Equal Protection Theory
Introduction
First Approach: Identify Relevant Characteristics
Second Approach: Identify Substantive Rights
Third Approach: Identify the Illusion
Conclusion
In the Best of All Possible Worlds . . .
Introduction
International Normative Standards
Liberal Legal Theory
Critical Legal Theory
Feminist Jurisprudence
Conclusion
References
Index

About the author

MARTHA T. ZINGO is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oakland University in Michigan.

KEVIN E. EARLY is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oakland University and is the author of Religion and Suicide in the African-American Community (Greenwood, 1992).

Product details

• Authors: Early Kevin E., Martha T. Zingo, Zingo Martha T.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.1994
• EAN: 9780275947118
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94711-8
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, LAW / Family Law / General, Social discrimination & inequality, Family Law, United States of America, USA, Sociology: family and relationships, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Sociology: Birth, Social discrimination and social justice, Politics, Law, and Government: Law