Alone Together

Alone Together

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Marriage involves complex notions of connection and freedom. This book explores the ways in which law seeks to accommodate tensions between commitment and freedom in marriage, suggesting that only close attention to context can decide what weight to assign to each dimension of spousal identity.

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Alone Together by Milton C Regan Jr Jr

Contemporary marriage involves complex notions of both connection and freedom. On the one hand, spouses are members of a shared community, while on the other they are discrete individuals with their own distinct interests. Alone Together explores the ways in which law seeks to accommodate tensions between commitment and freedom in marriage. Author Milton Regan suggests that only close attention to context can guide us in deciding what weight to assign to each dimension of spousal identity in a given setting. This interdisciplinary work has relevance to family law, family studies, feminist legal theory, and the debate between liberal and communitarian social theorists.
"..[a] well-researched and thoughtful book....Regan offers a rich analysis showing the philosophical and legal underpinnings of contemporary marriages."--Choice "...[a] well-researched and thoughtful book....Regan offers a rich analysis showing the philosophical and legal underpinnings of contemporary marriages."--Choice "Alone Together is thoughtful, provocative, and the product of prodigous research and thought."--New York Law Journal

Anita L. Allen is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship at Georgetown University Law Center. Milton C. Regan, Jr., is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.
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ISBN 13 9780195110036
ISBN 10 019511003X
Title Alone Together
Author Milton C Regan Jr Jr
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1999-03-25
Number of pages 290
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.