Sharon Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University.

Sharon Thompson’s book is a fascinating and timely critical analysis which explores the contested legal space relating to enforceable pre-nuptial agreements in England & Wales and Northern Ireland in the all-important frame of the underpinning power structures which surround them. Examining and challenging the law governing such agreements through the lenses of contractual and feminist theories, her original empirical research into the longer experience of the operation of this area of law in New York, adds a unique practical and comparative dimension to this rich book.

• 1. Radmacher v Granatino and the ‘New Respect’ for Autonomy2. The Developing Landscape of Financial Provision on Divorce 3. Attorneys ’ Experiences of Prenuptial Agreements in New York 4. Remedies in Contract for Prenuptial Agreements 5. Towards a Feminist Relational Contract Theory of Prenuptial Agreements 6. Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice — Connecting Theory and Practice Conclusion

Sharon Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University.

Sharon Thompson’s book is a fascinating and timely critical analysis which explores the contested legal space relating to enforceable pre-nuptial agreements in England & Wales and Northern Ireland in the all-important frame of the underpinning power structures which surround them. Examining and challenging the law governing such agreements through the lenses of contractual and feminist theories, her original empirical research into the longer experience of the operation of this area of law in New York, adds a unique practical and comparative dimension to this rich book.

• 1. Radmacher v Granatino and the ‘New Respect’ for Autonomy2. The Developing Landscape of Financial Provision on Divorce 3. Attorneys ’ Experiences of Prenuptial Agreements in New York 4. Remedies in Contract for Prenuptial Agreements 5. Towards a Feminist Relational Contract Theory of Prenuptial Agreements 6. Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice — Connecting Theory and Practice Conclusion

Sharon Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University.

Sharon Thompson’s book is a fascinating and timely critical analysis which explores the contested legal space relating to enforceable pre-nuptial agreements in England & Wales and Northern Ireland in the all-important frame of the underpinning power structures which surround them. Examining and challenging the law governing such agreements through the lenses of contractual and feminist theories, her original empirical research into the longer experience of the operation of this area of law in New York, adds a unique practical and comparative dimension to this rich book.

• 1. Radmacher v Granatino and the ‘New Respect’ for Autonomy2. The Developing Landscape of Financial Provision on Divorce 3. Attorneys ’ Experiences of Prenuptial Agreements in New York 4. Remedies in Contract for Prenuptial Agreements 5. Towards a Feminist Relational Contract Theory of Prenuptial Agreements 6. Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice — Connecting Theory and Practice Conclusion