Pt. 1. Tying the knot : marriage and promises to marry
Marriage and the state
Marriage, law, and society : a tangled web
Common-law marriage
The end of heart balm
Pt. 2. Anything goes : marriage in a permissive age
The rise of sexual freedom
Cohabitation
Same-sex relationships
Pt. 3. When the music stops : dissolving a marriage and the aftermath
Untying the knot : divorce and annulment
Dollars and sense : the economic consequences of divorce
Collateral damage : the children of divorce
Pt. 4. The old and the new generation
The extended family : elder law and the law of inheritance
Parents and children : rights and duties
Who do we belong to? Parentage and the law
Chosen people : adoption and the law.
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Inside the castle : law and the family in 20th century America by Joanna L. Grossman. ISBN 9780691149820. Published by Princeton University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
