Sull'Autore
Martha Ertman is a law professor at the University of Maryland's Carey Law School and has taught, written, and spoken about contracts and family law for two decades.
Opere di Martha M. Ertman
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1964
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Istruzione
- Wellesley College
Northwestern University School of Law (JD) - Attività lavorative
- professor, University of Maryland Law School
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Recensioni
Love's Promises: How Formal and Informal… di Martha M. Ertman
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.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.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I found this lovely, laidback account of an attorney's growing family quite warming. Martha M. Ertman shares the ups and downs for a lesbian who wants pregnancy and a child with her intellectually guided method of using contracts as landmarks along the journey.
A charming read for anyone interested in the legal implications of becoming a parent in the current various ways of doing so. Also relevant for anyone interested in families, parenting, and negotiating relationships.
Thank you, LibraryThing!… (altro)
A charming read for anyone interested in the legal implications of becoming a parent in the current various ways of doing so. Also relevant for anyone interested in families, parenting, and negotiating relationships.
Thank you, LibraryThing!… (altro)
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.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 lay out and create the shapes we want. I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking about long-term coupledom (pair-bonding! or more than pairs?) or wants to raise a child.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing."Love's Promises," despite the underwhelming title, is an excellent examination of human relationships and the arbitrary rules that mankind has created to determine who can and who cannot legally love and care for one another. This is a great volume to own, whether you are interested in law and public policy, family relationships and counseling, or just plain old-fashioned common sense. Ertman does an excellent job of breaking down the current trends in the law and then theorizing, based on her personal experience in both her life and her practice, about what the law *could* be if we lived in a sane, unbiased world. Alas, though, 'tis not to be, and returning to reality after each of her chapters was a rather jarring experience. This is definitely one to look at, if only to imagine what it would be like if everyone were free to love whomever they wished to love...… (altro)
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- 49
- Popolarità
- #320,875
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 16
- ISBN
- 7
