TY - BOOK AU - Starnes,Cynthia ED - Project Muse. TI - The marriage buyout: the troubled trajectory of U.S. alimony law T2 - Families, law, and society series SN - 9780814708477 AV - KF537 .S73 2014 U1 - 346.7301/663 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - LAW / General KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family KW - LAW / Family Law / Marriage KW - Alimony KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Economic aspects KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Who cares about alimony? -- Alimony's heritage : the helpless, the blameless, and the clean-break losers -- Alimony and mother myths -- The contemporary state of alimony -- Alimony in context : a comparative perspective -- Reasons matter : alimony, intuition, and the remarriage-termination rule -- The search for a contemporary rationale -- A marital partnership model: alimony as buyout -- Beyond alimony : lovers, parents, and partners -- Conclusion UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814708477/ ER -