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江西财经大学 法律英语论文 系别: 2011级法律硕士 学号： 姓名： 梁有文 Time of Request: monday, May 21, 2012 21:35:40 EST Client ID/Project Name: Number of Lines: 235 Job Number: 1845:348741563 Research Information Service: Terms and Connectors Search Print Request: Current Document: Source: US Law Reviews and Journals, Combined Search Terms: SUMMARY(civil law) Send to: UNIVERSITY, JIANGXI JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE ECONOMIC 1 CHANGAN RD 12/F 116 Harv. L. Rev. 1996, * Copyright (c) 2003 The Harvard Law Review AssociationHarvard Law Review May, 2003 116 Harv. L. Rev. 1996 LENGTH: 2608 wordsDEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW--:?THE LAW OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: I. Introduction: Nuclear NonproliferationLEXISNEXIS SUMMARY:... The Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers Benefit Act of 2002 - named in honor of Rev. Mychal Judge, the New York Police Department chaplain who was the first official victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks - offers no indication on its face that it is the first federal law to extend government benefits to same-sex couples. ... The Mychal Judge Act notwithstanding , family law is almost exclusively in the custody of the states, and the unique demographic and cultural circumstances of each state have engendered considerable variation in the law governing marriage and divorce, parenthood and child support, and other aspects of family life. ... Indeed, an American household picked at random today is more likely to contain a person living alone than a nuclear family. ... Moreover, more than two-fifths of unmarried cohabiting couples in 2000 lived with minor children - only slightly less than the proportion of married couples with minor children (46%). ... If Parts II through IV ask how the law creates and defines families, Parts V and VI ask how the law breaks them apart. ... The result, this Part concludes, is uncert