Family Law in a Nutshell

by Harry D. Krause and David D. Meyer

Book Overview

Perspectives; Creation of the Marriage Relationship; Spousal Rights and Obligations in the Ongoing Marriage; Creation of the Parent and Child Relationship; Parent and Child Relationship; Termination... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314144412
• ISBN13: 9780314144416
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Thomson West
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Concise, well-written, authoritative

"Nutshells" are not just for slackers who blew off the semester and need to cram at the last minute. I've been consistently impressed with the quality of West's Nutshell series. They're excellent study aids for summary, clarification, and getting the key points and big picture. This one is written by two prominent scholars in the field, the senior of whom (Harry Krause at Illinois) is also the lead editor on one of the major casebooks (Krause, Elrod, Garrison, Oldham, Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions). Thus this little book is epecially valuable if your class is using that casebook. This nutshell provides an excellent tour through all the major areas and issues of family law. There's a nice balance among history, leading cases, and commentary on how the law is evolving. It's short, concise, and, as the authors are not afraid to be droll now and then, a breezy, interesting, and pleasant read.