Divorce Legal Rules and Free Spirits
#95-009, Law and Economics Working
Posted: 20 Jan 1998
Abstract
This article critiques divorce law irrelevance theories which hold that the shift from fault to no-fault divorce laws did not increase divorce levels. We show why from a theoretical perspective the reverse is more plausible; and present new evidence that the adoption of no-fault divorce laws did result in higher divorce levels.
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Buckley, Francis (Frank) H. and Friedlander Brinig, Margaret, Divorce Legal Rules and Free Spirits. #95-009, Law and Economics Working, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=54410
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