Brinig, Margaret F.

Family, law, and community : supporting the covenant / Margaret F. Brinig. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2010. - x, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-283) index.

The relationship between trust and community recognition -- Norms within families, or the family community -- The limits of community and the role of autonomy -- Reaching the limit : granting insiders and outsiders rights -- The family as "little commonwealth": the role of mimetics -- What happens when trust fails? : mimetics in families gone wrong.

9780226074993 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226074994 (cloth : alk. paper)

2009033286


Families--United States.
Family policy--United States.
Domestic relations--United States.

KF505.Z9 / B755 2010

306.850973