Family Matters: Readings on Family Lives and the Law

by Martha Minow (Editor)

An anthology designed to address what is perceived as a gap between existing US legislation on familial issues and family lives as they are really lived. The selection deals with a wide range of American families, and incorporates law, sociology, history, psychology, economics and fiction.

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Martha Louise Minow is an American legal scholar and the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University. She served as the Dean of Harvard Law School between 2009 and 2017 and has taught at the Law School since 1981.