Love's Promises: How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families

by Martha M. Ertman

Book Overview

Blends memoir and legal cases to show how contracts can create family relationships Most people think of love and contracts as strange bedfellows, or even opposites. In Love's Promises , however, law professor Martha Ertman shows that far from cold and calculating, contracts shape and sustain families. Blending memoir and law, Ertman delves into the legal cases, anecdotes, and history of family law to show that love comes in different packages, each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807033669
• ISBN13: 9780807033661
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"