From divorce court to popular culture, alimony is a dirty word. Unpopular and rarely ordered, the awards are frequently inconsistent and unpredictable. The institution itself is often viewed as an historical relic that harkens back to a gendered past in which women lacked the economic independence to free themselves from economic support by their spouses. In short, critics of alimony claim it has no place in contemporary visions of marriage as a partnership of equals. But as Cynthia Lee Starnes argues in The Marriage Buyout, alimony is often the only practical tool for ensuring that divorce does not treat today’s primary caregivers as if they were suckers. Her solution is to radically reconceptualize alimony as a marriage buyout. Starnes’s buyouts draw on a partnership model of marriage that reinforces communal norms of marriage, providing a gender-neutral alternative to alimony that assumes equality in spousal contribution, responsibility, and right. Her quantification formulae support new default rules that make buyouts more certain and predictable than their current alimony counterparts. Looking beyond alimony, Starnes outlines a new vision of marriages with children, describing a co-parenting partnership between committed couples, and the conceptual basis for income sharing between divorced parents of minor children. Ultimately, under a partnership model, the focus of alimony is on gain rather than loss and equality rather than power: a spouse with disparately low earnings isn’t a sucker or a victim dependent on a fixed alimony payment, but rather an equal stakeholder in marriage who is entitled at divorce to share any gains the marriage produced.
Автор: Starnes DeWitt T., Noyes Gertrude E. Название: The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755 ISBN: 0807879495 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807879498 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 7900.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Between 1604, when Cawdrey published his <i>Table Alphabeticall</i>, and 1755, the year of Johnson's monumental work, there appeared no less than twenty English dictionaries. In this book the authors provide a complete history, as far as possible, of each of these and thus give a systematic historical account of the evolution of the English dictionary during the first 150 years of its existence.<BR><BR>A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.<BR>
Автор: Starnes Sami Kay Название: The Time Team: The Beginning ISBN: 069255680X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692556801 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1550.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Starnes H. Gerald Название: Forrest`s Forgotten Horse Brigadier ISBN: 078840234X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780788402340 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2690.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Yates Donald N., Starnes Phyllis E. Название: Ancestors and Enemies: Essays on Melungeons ISBN: 0615906893 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615906898 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2583.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Starnes Joana Название: Falmouth Connection ISBN: 1500740411 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781500740412 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2412.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Just as Mr Darcy finally decides to propose to the enticing Miss Elizabeth Bennet, she is summoned to Falmouth, to meet a relation she never knew she had.
Thus, the ill-starred Hunsford proposal is avoided
