Family Law in America (Third Edition), by Sanford N. Katz

Abstract

Writing a book on American Family Law is, on the face of it, a formidable challenge, the more so, to do so in just 237 pages of text. Yet, as Professor Katz, has demonstrated in this well-established work, not only is it possible to write such a book, but it can be done in a rigorous, scholarly, and stimulating way. Katz achieves this feat by focusing on the broad issues facing all 50 States and eschewing attempts to provide detailed statutory and case-by-case analysis. In fact, as Katz demonstrates, because of both the provisions of the US Constitution and the Uniform laws, American Family Law is more homogenous than might be supposed....