Love's Promises : How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families (Paperback)

from heavyleg

This is a super interesting and accessible book. It's quite different from what I first expected. Not at all the dry legal/theorectical tome that the title might suggest, it's actually quite personal, quite warm and friendly and human, while still benefiting from Ertman's legal expertise.

from Fullmoonblue

I've taught courses in Women's and Gender Studies and found this book both enlightening and potentially useful. Some excerpts would make excellent conversation starters in a college classroom. For instance, there are many places where distinctions could be drawn between the interests and analytic...

from HippieLunatic

Taken as a whole, this was an interesting review of changes in relationship and parenting law. There was a good breakdown of what has held up in courts and what hasn't, but I felt that I either wanted more technicality or less. The book tried to be readable by the masses, but was too superficial ...

from Merryann

I could have disregarded the cliché and judged this book by its cover. The crisp white dust jacket with its heart-like, cheerful cups and saucers did indeed accurately represent the upbeat and clearly-written tone of the book. A good mix of autobiography and nonfiction snippets of law, Love's Pro...

from ansate

I found this book really interesting on a lot of levels - it's an easy/fun read for the most part, interweaving Martha's story and stories from illustrative court cases. She does a wonderful job of showing that families can take a lot shapes and that law and contracts give us tools to explain and...