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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to explore the canonical narratives, stories, examples, and ideas that legal decisionmakers invoke to explain family law and its governing principles. Jill Elaine Hasday shows how this canon misdescribes the reality of family law, misdirects attention away from actual problems family law confronts, and misshapes policies.
Trade ReviewFamily Law Reimagined offers a clear-eyed vision of what family law is, what it is not, and where it might be headed. -- Laurie S. Kohn * Child and Family Law Journal *
This book is a tremendously ambitious attempt to identify the basic principles governing family law, used on the bench and in family law classes. It is beautifully and lucidly written, meticulously researched, and the most sophisticated theoretical assessment of the current state of family law. -- Maxine Eichner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Family Law Reimagined explores the inaccuracies of the narratives that shape family law. Jill Hasday’s argument is high-minded, yet deeply grounded in the reality of law and the reality of families. -- Joanna L. Grossman, Hofstra University
