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"Making Things Fair": An Empirical Study of How People Approach the Wealth Transmission System

Amy Ziettlow, Naomi Cahn • The George Washington University Law School • 2015

Second Chances : A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce

Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, William J. Doherty • Institute for American Values • 2011

Second Chances: A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce

Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, William J. Doherty • Institute for American Values • 2011

Marriage and the Law : A Statement of Principles

Family and Legal Scholars • Institute for American Values • 2006

100 family and legal scholars come together to critique current family law practices, affirm seven great truths about marriage and the law, and to offer three general insights that can be applied to a legal theory that is more respectful toward and supportive of marriage as a social institution.

The Future of Family Law : Law and the Marriage Crisis in North America

Dan Cere • Institute for American Values • 2005

Family law is heading in one or more of at least four troubling directions. Read why.

All in the family?

David Blankenhorn • Los Angeles Herald Examiner • 1988

Thus, the basic question must be redefined. It is not: How can we help people as individuals? Rather, it is: How can we strengthen families as families? How will our policies help or hinder the family unit as it goes about what might be called family business? To marry. To bring children into the wo...

Politicians should take a cue from Cosby

David Blankenhorn • Idahonian Daily News • 1987

Any presidential aspirant seeking the "family vote" should begin with pro-family tax reform that offers targeted relief to families raising children. It could be done by raising the child exemption in the tax code to $5,000, up from $2,000 under current law. (Last year's tax reform raised the exempt...

Politicians should take a cue from Cosby

David Blankenhorn • Idahonian Daily News • 1987

Any presidential aspirant seeking the "family vote" should begin with pro-family tax reform that offers targeted relief to families raising children. It could be done by raising the child exemption in the tax code to $5,000, up from $2,000 under current law. (Last year's tax reform raised the exempt...