<p> Offering complete and even more concise coverage that includes contemporary issues of debate, <b>Weisberg</b> and <b>Appleton</b> integrate rich interdisciplinary materials with great teaching cases, notes, and problems. Engaging narratives reveal the fascinating background behind the cases and connect students to the impact of the law on people's lives. </p> <p> <b>Written with sensitivity to issues of gender, race, and class, <i>Modern Family Law, Fourth Edition,</i> features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>probing coverage that reflects the social diversity of modern families</b> </li> <li> <b>a candid examination of the development of family law in response to</b> <ul> <li> the women's movement </li> <li> the children's rights movement </li> <li> the fathers' rights movement </li> <li> domestic violence </li> <li> changing sexual mores </li> <li> nontraditional family forms </li> <li> developments in reproductive technology </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>interdisciplinary perspectives throughout the text</b> </li> <li> <b>balanced coverage of contemporary themes and basic family law</b> </li> <li> <b>a variety of problem exercises</b>, most derived from actual cases and events </li> <li> <b>flexible organization adapts to shorter or longer courses</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition addresses recent developments in the law, addressing</b>: </p> <ul> <li> <b>Abortion, domestic violence, no-fault divorce reform, parentage, adoption and assisted reproduction </b> </li> <li> <b>same-sex marriage, civil unions and same-sex divorce </b> </li> <li> <b>major new cases, such as</b> <ul> <li> <b><i>Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health</i></b>, holding unconstitutional the exclusion of same-sex couples from the right to marry </li> <li> <b><i>Gonzales v. Carhart</i></b>, upholding the constitutionality of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act </li> <li> <b>post-<i>Lawrence v. Texas</i> developments</b> relevant to sexual behavior </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>Recent amendments</b> to <b>FMLA</b> (Family Medical Leave Act) and <b>VAWA</b> (Violence Against Women Act) </li> </ul> <p> Now in its <b>Fourth Edition</b>, <b>Weisberg</b> and <b>Appleton’s Modern Family Law</b> reflects a progressive and inclusive perspective that recognizes how the diversity of today’s families challenges traditional legal concepts and principles. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Altad

Too often a textbook publisher will include a million articles at length that go off on a heavy tangent about a particular topic. There are certainly an incredible amount of excerpts in this textbook, but they tend to be short, and very, very targeted. The book is quite current, and asks some excellent hypotheticals which a professor or student could readily work with. The cases are also well-selected and well-excepted; I'm a patent guy taking the class because it is heavily tested on the bar in my state, and I have not been unhappy with the presentation or selections within. Certainly a part of this is my instructor, but she had to at least have a halfway decent book to work from.

It being an Aspen textbook, it's the usual too-thin page problem, but the binding is rock solid so it balances out somewhat.

Haal

Okay, Amazon always asks me to review my textbook purchases, but I always feel weird dong so because people who buy textbooks don't buy them because they are just really enthralled about said topic (usually). If I had to guess, most people buying textbooks are doing so because it is REQUIRED for a certain class. If that is the case, as I strongly presume, then it doesn't matter how highly the book is reviewed because you are going to have to buy it anyway regardless.

But with the existential philosophy of reviewing textbooks out of the way, I actually do like this textbook. I find the subject matter interesting and the book lays out the material in an understandable way and includes many thought-provoking comments for you to reflect upon.

Qumenalu

One of the best casebooks I have used in law school. I like the articles spread throughout, and the cases the author chose are [email protected]

Usanner

Excellent resource at a reasonable price!

Nothing personal

As described and promptly shipped! Thank you!

Grillador

Law school books can be expensive especially if you aren't going to practice in that area in the future. Renting this book was a lot cheaper than buying and the rental price was cheaper than other sites.

Jarortr

The edition of the book was incorrect. Item is depicted as 6th Edition, which is why I purchased it, but I received the 5th edition. Looking for a way to get a refund because I had to purchase the 6th Edition to remedy this error!

The Book came in good time and is very satisfactory condition! I dont think there is any writing in it at all!