Family, law, and community : supporting the covenant / Margaret F. Brinig.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2010.

1st edition

76136

Domestic relations -- United States.

Families -- United States.

Family policy -- United States.

Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. The relationship between trust and community recognition

Norms within families, or the family community

The limits of community and the role of autonomy

Reaching the limit : granting insiders and outsiders rights

The family as little commonwealth : the role of mimetics

What happens when trust fails? : mimetics in families gone wrong.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references index.

9780226074993

x, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm