1 Introduction&ANTONY W. DNES AND ROBERT ROWTHORN 1
2 Marriage: the long-term contract&LLOYD R. COHEN 10
3 Marital commitment and the legal regulation of divorce&ELIZABETH S. SCOTT 35
4 Mutual consent divorce&ALLEN M. PARKMAN 57
5 An economic approach to adultery law&ERIC RASMUSEN 70
6 Louisiana's covenant marriage law: recapturing the meaning of marriage for the sake of the children&KATHERINE SHAW SPAHT 92
7 Cohabitation and marriage&ANTONY W. DNES 118
8 Marriage as a signal&ROBERT ROWTHORN 132
9 For better or for worse? Is bargaining in marriage and divorce efficient?&MARTIN ZELDER 157
10 Weak men and disorderly women: divorce and the division of labor&STEVEN L. NOCK AND MARGARET F. BRINIG 171
11 The impact of legal reforms on marriage and divorce&DOUGLAS W. ALLEN 191
12 European divorce laws, divorce rates, and their consequences&IAN SMITH 212
Index 230