Dissolution: No-fault divorce, marriage, and the future of women - Hardcover

Riane Tennenhaus Eisler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070191425 ISBN 13: 9780070191426

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1977

Synopsis

Dissolution is a new word for divorce. In Dissolution, Riane Eisler discusses the fundamental societal and litigious changes of divorce from an action that was until recently an unacceptable social phenomenon to what is now commonplace. The book compares the old divorce laws based on marital fault with new "no-fault" divorce laws, an analysis of the laws and institutions of marriage and divorce, and alternatives (social and litigious) to marriage and divorce. Quotes about Dissolution: "Dissolution is must reading for every woman...whether she already believes in equal rights for all beings or belongs to the Phyllis Schlafly school of thought. Riane Eisler's work is the most definitive yet on the female species and her rights." Rona Barrett, Good Morning America, ABC-TV "Only those of us who have gone through divorce without your book can fully appreciate its value. Its factual information gives strength. Its innate empathy comforts. Its totality is an integral part of the body of great feminist writings." Frances Lear, President, Lear Purvis Walker & Co.

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From the Back Cover:

This vivid and well-documented book by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler traces the dissolution of the traditional American nuclear family, and the rapid growth of no-fault divorce, in which grounds are no longer based on guilt or innocence.

The author analyses both the laws and institutions relating to marriage and divorce, as well as the division of property, alimony, illegitimacy, birth control and child support, with particular emphasis on their implications for women.

Author Riane Tennenhaus Eisler gives you a divorce checklist and some practical suggestions that will help particularly women, who are facing, contemplating, or already involved in the breakup of a marriage. Attorneys have agreed that knowing this important information can save clients valuable time and effort.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0070191425
• ISBN 13: 9780070191426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 279