The marriage buyout : the troubled trajectory of U.S. alimony law / Cynthia Lee Starnes.

From divorce court to popular culture, alimony is a dirty word. Unpopular and rarely ordered, the awards are frequently inconsistent and unpredictable. The institution itself is often viewed as an historical relic that harkens back to a gendered past in which women lacked the economic independence t...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Starnes, Cynthia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Ã2014
Series:Families, law, and society series.
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