FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN - RECAPTURING THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE

Authors
Citation
Ks. Spaht, FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN - RECAPTURING THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE, The Notre Dame law review, 73(5), 1998, pp. 1547-1579
Citations number
100
Categorie Soggetti
Law
Journal title
ISSN journal
07453515
Volume
73
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1547 - 1579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0745-3515(1998)73:5<1547:FTSOTC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Though American divorce law was never intended in principle to be as u nusual as it has turned out in fact, it nevertheless carries a powerfu l ideology, sending out distinctive messages about commitment, respons ibility, and dependency.... The American story about marriage, as told in the law and in much popular literature, goes something like this: marriage is a relationship that exists primarily for the fulfillment o f the individual spouses. If it ceases to perform this function, no on e is to blame and either spouse may terminate it at will.(1).