Marsha Garrison is 1901 Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY.

"Professor Garrison has written a brilliant study that illuminates the social context in which legal regulation of family relationships takes place and the directions family law reforms must take. Essential reading for policymakers, family law and history experts, law students, and everyone interested in the family, the book is sure to take its place alongside the classics in family law scholarship." Sanford N. Katz, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston College Law School, USA, past President of the International Society of Family Law, and former Chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section

• 1. Evolution and Revolution: Family Life and Law from the Elizabethan Era to the Mid Twentieth Century 2. Family Life Today: Old and New Patterns, Old and New Problems 3. Family Values Today: What Goals Should Guide Contemporary Family Law? 4. The New Divorce Law: From Adjudication to Administrative Case Processing, from Discretion to Rules 5. The New Law of Adult Relational Status: Charting Similarities and Differences in Marriage and Cohabitation 6. Family Life: The State’s Role in Promoting Durable, Harmonious Family Relationships 7. Family Care and Family Law: Balancing Public and Private Obligations to Achieve Family Justice

Marsha Garrison is 1901 Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY.

"Professor Garrison has written a brilliant study that illuminates the social context in which legal regulation of family relationships takes place and the directions family law reforms must take. Essential reading for policymakers, family law and history experts, law students, and everyone interested in the family, the book is sure to take its place alongside the classics in family law scholarship." Sanford N. Katz, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston College Law School, USA, past President of the International Society of Family Law, and former Chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section

• 1. Evolution and Revolution: Family Life and Law from the Elizabethan Era to the Mid Twentieth Century 2. Family Life Today: Old and New Patterns, Old and New Problems 3. Family Values Today: What Goals Should Guide Contemporary Family Law? 4. The New Divorce Law: From Adjudication to Administrative Case Processing, from Discretion to Rules 5. The New Law of Adult Relational Status: Charting Similarities and Differences in Marriage and Cohabitation 6. Family Life: The State’s Role in Promoting Durable, Harmonious Family Relationships 7. Family Care and Family Law: Balancing Public and Private Obligations to Achieve Family Justice

Marsha Garrison is 1901 Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY.

"Professor Garrison has written a brilliant study that illuminates the social context in which legal regulation of family relationships takes place and the directions family law reforms must take. Essential reading for policymakers, family law and history experts, law students, and everyone interested in the family, the book is sure to take its place alongside the classics in family law scholarship." Sanford N. Katz, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston College Law School, USA, past President of the International Society of Family Law, and former Chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section

• 1. Evolution and Revolution: Family Life and Law from the Elizabethan Era to the Mid Twentieth Century 2. Family Life Today: Old and New Patterns, Old and New Problems 3. Family Values Today: What Goals Should Guide Contemporary Family Law? 4. The New Divorce Law: From Adjudication to Administrative Case Processing, from Discretion to Rules 5. The New Law of Adult Relational Status: Charting Similarities and Differences in Marriage and Cohabitation 6. Family Life: The State’s Role in Promoting Durable, Harmonious Family Relationships 7. Family Care and Family Law: Balancing Public and Private Obligations to Achieve Family Justice