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Fineman, Martha Albertson was born on May 27, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jonathan Yerkes and Martha Lillian (Boyes) Albertson.
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How do "no-fault," "gender-neutral" divorce reforms actually harm the lives of women and children they are designed to protect? Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Martha Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. She traces in persuasive detail the detrimental effects of equality rhetoric in shaping divorce law — such as the legal separation of parents' and children's interests; equality replacing need as the prime criterion for settlements; and the increase of state intervention into family life. More than a critique, this book is an incisive argument for adopting outcome-oriented measures and a valuable overview of the pitfalls of uncritically implementing any rhetoric as social policy.
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This work explores the complex and diverse feminist and legal responses to domestic violence from a cross-cultural perspective. In addition to more general discussions of violence against women, the essays in this volume consider child abuse by mothers, battering in lesbian relationships, state sanctioned violence, non-physical violence and incest. The contributors argue that domestic violence must be viewed in its social and cultural context, in which the state is complicit, and not simply within the private, psychological domain of the family. "The Public Nature of Private Violence" offers a vast array of practical suggestions for different governmental and non-governmental actors attempting to combat the incidents of abuse and oppression suffered by women and children.
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Calling for nothing less than a radical reform of family law and a reconception of intimacy, The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family, and Other Twentieth Century Tragedies argues strongly against current legal and social policy discussions about the family because they do not have at their core the crucial concepts of caregiving and dependency, as well as the best interests of women and children. The Neutered Mother scrutinizes the definitions of family and mother throughout the volume while paying close attention to issues of race, class and sexuality. In addition, Fienman convincingly contests society's refusal to dignify, support and respond to the needs of caregivers and illustrates the burden they must bear due to this treatment. This book is a crucial step toward defining America's most pressing social policy problems having to do with women, motherhood and the family.
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Fineman, Martha Albertson was born on May 27, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jonathan Yerkes and Martha Lillian (Boyes) Albertson.
Bachelor, Temple University, 1971; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1975.
Law clerk to Honorary Luther M. Swygert United States Court Appeals (7th circuit), 1975-1976. From assistant to associate professor law University Wisconsin, Madison, 1976-1986, professor, 1987-1991. Maurice T. Moore professor law Columbia University, New York City, 1991-1999.
Dorothea S. Clark professor Feminist Jurisprudence Cornell University School Law, Ithaca, New York, since 1999. Director family law and policy program University Wisconsin Law School Institute Legal Studies, 1988-1990, director Feminism and Legal Theory project, since 1984. Visiting professor Columbia University, 1990-1991.
( How do "no-fault," "gender-neutral" divorce reforms act...)
(Calling for nothing less than a radical reform of family ...)
(Calling for nothing less than a radical reform of family ...)
(This work explores the complex and diverse feminist and l...)
Member Law and Society Association (Hurst prize committee 1988-1989, executive committee 1988-1990, 93-96, Kalven prize committee 1990-1991, recipient Kalven prize 1999).
Children: Martha Ann, Amy Lynn, Benjamin Hayim, Jonathan Wesley.
