Volume 99

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    Sexual Agreements

    Few would find it surprising that an agreement for sex falls outside the bounds of contract law. Prostitution—defined as an exchange of sex for…

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    Nonmarital Fathers in Family Court: Judges’ And Lawyers’ Perspectives

    This Article presents findings revealing judges and government attorneys’ perspectives regarding nonmarital fathers as parents. The findings are drawn from original empirical data generated in a rigorous…

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    The Price of Exit

    The price of exit influences the terms of intimate relationships—and constitutes an important factor in distinguishing committed from contingent relationships. With or without legal…

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    Taxation of Unmarried Partners

    Introduction Marriage plays an essential role in federal taxation. Marital status determines how you file your taxes and what rate is applied to your…

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    Preferencing Nonmarriage In Later Years

    Introduction Consider the following scenario: Bill and Betty were married to other people for most of their adult lives but met two years ago…

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    Nonmarriage and Choice in South Africa and the United States

    Introduction Should the law recognize unmarried couples as family for purposes such as joint adoption, workplace leave, property distribution upon dissolution, and intestate succession?…

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    Antiabortion Civil Remedies and Unwed Fatherhood as Genetic Entitlement

    Antiabortion civil remedy laws in effect in five states grant putative fathers the right to sue abortion providers for wrongful death regardless of their…

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    The Marital Habitus

    The law on the books has recognized the right of cohabitants to create enforceable legal obligations with each other for half a century. Yet…

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    Legitimizing Illegitimacy in Constitutional Law

    The traditional constitutional law course is a staple of the first-year law school curriculum and a gateway to more advanced public law courses. In…

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    Procedural Losses and the Pyrrhic Victory of Abolishing Qualified Immunity

    Who decides? Failing to consider this simple question could turn attempts to abolish qualified immunity into a Pyrrhic victory. That is because removing qualified…

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    Working Through Menopause

    There are over thirty million people ages forty-four to fifty-five in the civilian labor force in the United States, but the law and legal…

  • ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 5

    Regional Immigration Enforcement

    Regional disparities in immigration enforcement have existed for decades, yet they remain largely overlooked in immigration law scholarship. This Article theorizes that bottom-up pressure…