Courtney Joslin on the American Family

Courtney G. Joslin (UC Davis School of Law) has published The Evolution of the American Family on SSRN.  Here is the abstract:

This short piece examines the changing meaning of marriage and the family in the U.S. Among other developments, the piece chronicles: the changing role and legal status of women in marriage; race restrictions in marriage; the legal recognition of same-sex relationships; and the increasing numbers of nonmarital families. The article is the lead piece in the Summer 2009 issue of the ABA Human Rights magazine devoted to the New American Family.