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a noble effort by a gifted and sincere family scholar. Helen Alvare, Family Studies, blog of the Institute for Family Studies (family-studies.org)

'... a noble effort by a gifted and sincere family scholar.' Helen Alvare, Family Studies, blog of the Institute for Family Studies (family-studies.org) '... the parent-partner status is a thought-provoking project along many dimensions. Weiner's concern for the realities of modern families, and how fractured adult relationships affect children and parenting, has generated an original proposal for legal reform intervening directly in an area of complex problems. As a set of policy recommendations, the parent-partner status is specific, actionable and constructive. Weiner's rich discussion of the motives and intended effects of the status add stimulating questions of the normative priorities of family law. The broader implications of her proposal, moreover, illustrate the thorny puzzle of unearthing and addressing gender stereotypes. It will take ambitions as commendably high as Weiner's to shape family law to fit modern families and values.' Dara E. Purvis, Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 'This work presents a thorough discussion of shortcomings in the law's current treatment of parenting relationships, potential positive outcomes for which the law should aim, and a host of ways the legal system could get us there.' Harvard Law Review

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Merle H. Weiner is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Law at the University of Oregon School of Law. In addition to authoring over twenty major law review articles, she is co-author of Family Law in the World Community, 3rd edition (2015), the first casebook for US law students on comparative and international family law.

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