Legal Regulation of Personal and Family Life Styles.

Ramey, James W.

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ERIC Number: EJ169239

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Publication Date: 1977

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Legal Regulation of Personal and Family Life Styles

Ramey, James W.

Family Coordinator, 26, 4, 349-55, Oct 77

Most of our laws penalize those who do not conform to the ideal of the intact monogamous nuclear family. Should we prosecute people for violations that reflect norms that are archaic or are held only by a minority? What is the effect of such regulation on social change? (Author)

Descriptors: Extended Family, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure, Human Living, Individual Psychology, Laws, Life Style, Nuclear Family, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns, State of the Art Reviews

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