Private Lives: Families, Individuals, and the Law

By Lawrence M. Friedman

Drawing on many revealing and sometimes colorful court cases of the past two centuries, Private Lives offers a lively short history of the complexities of family law and family life--including the tensions between the laws on the books and contemporary arrangements for marriage, divorce, adoption, and child rearing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674015622
• ISBN13: 9780674015623
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"