Legal
Elena Kagan's Nomination at the Senate Judiciary Committee Website
"And a number of you, who go into business or other endeavors, will deal with law mostly from the vantage point of a client. But in each of your spheres of life, and at every level of responsibility, you will face choices that have much in common with the choices that I've related to you today. You will face choices between expedience and principle. more »
Woman of Note: Elena Kagan on the Status of Women in the Law
Two years ago, we celebrated fifty years of women at Harvard Law School. That event drew close to 1,300 people, making it the largest alumni gathering in the Law School's history. Such a celebration has special meaning in light of the huge obstacles faced by past generations of women - obstacles that now might seem laughable if they hadn't been so destructive. more »
Joanna Grossman at Writ, Annulments Based on Fraud: What is the "Essence" of Marriage?
"The second marriage, she alleged, had been based on fraud — a false representation that he would soon be dead." more »
Joanna Grossman on Common-Law Marriage: A Nineteenth-Century Relic with Continuing Relevance
But despite its radical drop in popularity over the course of this century, common-law marriage should not be forgotten. It is a device that still functions as an alternative way to form a marriage – or to claim with hindsight that one was formed in the past. And given the legal significance of marital status, as the determinant of a wide variety of rights and obligations, we forget about common-law marriage at our peril. more »
