Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage

Read Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage PDF by ^ Milton C. Regan eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage Thought-provoking and interesting A Customer Mr. Regan draws on an impressive knowledge of law and the subtleties of human relationships in this book. I found it scholarly, but more or less accessible, as well as organized and thorough. At times approaching the philosophical, Mr. Regans work left me more knowledgeable about his subject, but also more aware of my own place in a relationship and in society. This is not just a book for law students.. Thought-provoking and interesting according t

Author	:	Milton C. Regan
Rating	:	4.29 (586 Votes)
Asin	:	019511003X
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	296 Pages
Publish Date	:	2013-11-15
Language	:	English

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Contemporary marriage involves complex notions of both connection and freedom. On the one hand, spouses are members of a shared community, while on the other they are discrete individuals with their own distinct interests. This interdisciplinary work has relevance to family law, family studies, feminist legal theory, and the debate between liberal and communitarian social theorists.. Alone Together explores the ways in which law seeks to accommodate tensions between commitment and freedom in marriage. Author Milton Regan suggests that only close attention to context can guide us in deciding what weight to assign to each dimension of spousal identity in a given setting

Thought-provoking and interesting A Customer Mr. Regan draws on an impressive knowledge of law and the subtleties of human relationships in this book. I found it scholarly, but more or less accessible, as well as organized and thorough. At times approaching the philosophical, Mr. Regan's work left me more knowledgeable about his subject, but also more aware of my own place in a relationship and in society. This is not just a book for law students.. "Thought-provoking and interesting" according to A Customer. Mr. Regan draws on an impressive knowledge of law and the subtleties of human relationships in this book. I found it scholarly, but more or less accessible, as well as organized and thorough. At times approaching the philosophical, Mr. Regan's work left me more knowledgeable about his subject, but also more aware of my own place in a relationship and in society. This is not just a book for law students.

. Regan is at Georgetown University Law Center. Milton C

"a well-researched and thoughtful book.Regan offers a rich analysis showing the philosophical and legal underpinnings of contemporary marriages."--Choice