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Author Thompson, Sharon, author

Title Prenuptial agreements and the presumption of free choice : issues of power in theory and practice / Sharon Thompson
Published Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015

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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Note on Terminology; Introduction; Background; Power; Theoretical Perspectives Employed in this Book; Contract Theory; Feminist Critiques of Contract; Chapter Outline; 1. Radmacher v Granatino and the 'New Respect' for Autonomy; Background; Cases Before Radmacher; Proposed Reform Before Radmacher; Radmacher v Granatino; Radmacher in the Lower Courts; Supreme Court; Public Policy; Cases after Radmacher; Proposed Reform after Radmacher
The Law Commission's Report Matrimonial Property, Needs and AgreementsDivorce (Financial Provision) Bill; Re-evaluating the Radmacher View of Autonomy; Conclusion; 2. The Developing Landscape of Financial Provision on Divorce; Financial Provision Prior to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; Marriage Settlements and the Common Law Doctrine of Coverture; The Effects of Separate Property Prior to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; Financial Provision Under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; Judicial Discretion to Award Financial Provision (Ancillary Relief); Non-discrimination and Equality
The Three Strands of FairnessNeed; Compensation; Sharing; Prenuptial Agreements and the Three Strands of Fairness; Reform of Financial Provision; Conclusion; 3. Attorneys' Experiences of Prenuptial Agreements in New York; Why New York?; The Law of Prenuptial Agreements in the United States; The Law of Prenuptial Agreements in New York; Summary of Findings; Background to the Study; Attorneys' Experiences of Prenuptial Agreements in New York; Reasons for Entering into an Agreement; The Balance of Power Between Parties to a Prenuptial Agreement; Addressing Issues of Power in Practice
Steps Taken by Individual AttorneysRemaining Issues; Advice for the UK; Comparative Analysis; 'Prenuptial Contracts'; Fiduciary Relationship; Comparing New York with the UK; Issues with Power; Postnuptial Agreements; Conclusion; 4. Remedies in Contract for Prenuptial Agreements; Introduction; Duress; Background; 'Prenuptial Duress'; Difficulties with 'Prenuptial Duress'; Undue Influence; Actual Undue Influence; Background; Application to Prenuptial Agreements; Difficulties with Applying Actual Undue Influence to Prenuptial Agreements; Presumed Undue Influence; Background
Application to Prenuptial AgreementsDifficulties with Applying Presumed Undue Influence to Prenuptial Agreements; Unconscionability; Background; Application to Prenuptial Agreements; Difficulties with Applying Unconscionability to Prenuptial Agreements; Conclusion; 5. Towards a Feminist Relational Contract Theory of Prenuptial Agreements; Introduction; 'The Theory is a Mess'; Classical Contract Theory; Neo-classical Contract Theory; Relational Contract Theory; Critique of Mainstream Contract Theory; Relational Contract Theory and Prenuptial Agreements
Summary This book analyses the enforcement of prenuptial agreements using a feminist and contractual theoretical framework. It offers an academic and practical analysis of the real impact of prenuptial agreements on the relationships of those involved
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 20, 2015)
Subject Prenuptial agreements.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Prenuptial agreements
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
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