A01=Allen M. Parkman
Author_Allen M. Parkman
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Common Law States
Community Property States
Custodial Parent
Divorce Laws
Divorce States
Divorce Statutes
Divorced Spouse
Divorced Women
economic impact divorce
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Expected Future Earnings
Family Court System
family law reform
Fault Divorce
fault divorce laws
Fault Grounds
financial outcomes divorced women children
gender justice legal studies
Household Commodities
human capital theory
Incurable Insanity
Marital Property
Married Women
Migratory Divorce
mutual consent separation
no-fault divorce
Premarital Agreements
Production Possibility Frontiers
property division law
Property Settlements
Separate Property
Student Spouse
U.S. society
Uniform Marriage
Vested Pension
Worker's Compensation Payments
Product details
- ISBN 9780367004521
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Since 1970, all the states adopted no-fault divorce statutes, which have had the unexpected effect of producing dire financial conditions for many divorced women and their children. In this important study, economist and lawyer Allen Parkman shows how no-fault divorce has systematically operated against the interests of these women and children. With rare economic and legal insight, Parkman argues that by changing the grounds for divorce without changing the laws that define and allocate property at divorce, the legal system created substantial injustices. The key mistake, he suggests, was in accepting a definition of property that did not include the income-earning capacity--human capital--of the individuals involved. Using human capital theory, Parkman criticizes current divorce law and presents a framework for reform that would reduce the injustices introduced by no-fault divorce. He concludes that a thorough reform, however, may require the changing of the grounds for divorce to mutual consent. This book is essential reading for scholars, professionals, and, indeed, for anyone interested in the health and future of the family and the well-being of women in contemporary U.S. society.
