Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Contemporary Issues in Family Law in England and Wales
- 2 Family Law in the United States: Freedom and Inequality
- 3 Human Rights in the German Family Law Context
- 4 Australian Family Property Law
- 5 Towards the Constitutionalization of Family Law in Latin America
- 6 The Nuclear Norm and the Free-Form Family
- 7 South African Family Law and the Chimera of Diversity
- 8 The Post-Divorce Child Support System in China
- 9 The Problem with Personal Law in India
- 10 The Postcolonial Fallacy of ‘Islamic’ Family Law
- Index
- References
2 - Family Law in the United States: Freedom and Inequality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2019
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Contemporary Issues in Family Law in England and Wales
- 2 Family Law in the United States: Freedom and Inequality
- 3 Human Rights in the German Family Law Context
- 4 Australian Family Property Law
- 5 Towards the Constitutionalization of Family Law in Latin America
- 6 The Nuclear Norm and the Free-Form Family
- 7 South African Family Law and the Chimera of Diversity
- 8 The Post-Divorce Child Support System in China
- 9 The Problem with Personal Law in India
- 10 The Postcolonial Fallacy of ‘Islamic’ Family Law
- Index
- References
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