Keeping It Civil: The Case of the Pre-nup and the Porsche & Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616202394 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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I especially recommend this for book groups, where discussions about these ethical and legal dilemmas will no doubt be spirited.” Bookpage“An excellent, non-technical crash course on how and why lawyers do what they do This book accomplishes an admirable goal: to foreground the humanity in the halls of justice.” Publishers Weekly, starred review“Love can be messy, and law is just as complicated. I just couldn’t stop myself. A must read!” Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of the legal thrillers Save Me, Think Twice, and others. That’s because author and Pennsylvani
Provocative true cases that explore the intersection of our most intimate relationships and the lawand offer a window into how we define a family today.A woman seeking a divorce has no idea of the family financesher husband doled out money only after she gave him requisition slips for her intended purchases. These are the clients who come knocking on family lawyer Margaret Klaw’s door, hoping for resolution. . A lesbian couple wants to include their sperm donor in their child’s lifethe sperm donor is the brother of one partner, so he will be the biological father as well as the child’s uncle
"Family court, behind the scenes" according to R.R.. Perhaps I am an especially good audience for this book because I've spent a decent amount of time in family court. Not to mention the fun times I've had in criminal court, both thanks to being mugged at gunpoint years ago, and more recently thanks to having a particularly rascally family member. I'd say I'm pretty primed for the work of an awesome writer who also happens to be an awesome lawyer.In reading this book, it was so comforting to "meet" Margaret Klaw, an author/lawyer with so much experience in exactly the kinds of issues I've dealt with over the years. The emotions I've experienced in cour. Lifts the Veil Off the Law and Truly Engaging Read Margaret Klaw is an accessible, warm and engaging writer. In Keeping It Civil she manages to humanize her frequently unimaginable, if not wholly maligned, profession. When I refer to her profession here I mean not only the law but family law in particular. My father was a lawyer, and he took a number of 1st degree murder cases, but never performed any work on any family matter in decades of general legal practice. He thought it was too ugly. So believe me, my default stance on practicing any kind of family law is "I would not, could not Sham I amin a box, with a fox, etc. etc." But Klaw is nothing if. A lot to think about AJC It's hard to believe that this book is only 250 pages; there is so much in it. In some parts, it is a behind-the-scenes look at how family law operates. As a non-lawyer who has not been divorced, I now have pretty solid grasp on the rudiments of current legal frameworks for dividing joint property, general guidelines used for custody etc. In other parts, the book is an exploration of how family law is rapidly changing in a world of gay marriage, surrogacy, female breadwinners etc. It is also a meditation on the need for professional boundaries, even in a field of law particularly fraught with intense