Changing divorce law from fault to no-fault reshaped case outcomes nationwide.

Evidence

The effect of the law-and of changes in the law-on case outcomes are apparent if one looks at the most frequent cases pitting one-shotters against one-shotters: namely, divorce cases."" Before 1970, every state required fault-based grounds for divorce, such as adultery or mental cru- elty, with the conduct of the parties during the marriage the key determinant of their financial rights and obligations after divorce. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2271

Categorization

• DEFINE: Fault-based grounds meant a spouse had to prove wrongdoing such as adultery to obtain a divorce.
• XREF: connects to: Fault-based divorce law produced collusive perjury in court — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1151; Legal systems change in response to social and technological shifts — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 118; Statutes displaced common law while state courts revolutionized tort liability — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2838 (+16 more)

Broader Connections

• Legal systems change in response to social and technological shifts #corroborates (0.85) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 118
• Social and technological change forces courts to extend or revise common-law principles. #corroborates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2813
• The common law adapts to social and economic change #corroborates (0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1311
• Inductive reasoning allows the law to adapt to changing societal times. #corroborates (0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 613
• A single Supreme Court ruling can shift measured behavior nationwide within a year. #corroborates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3117
• A state court ruling circulated nationally to shape regulatory law #corroborates (0.85) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 952
• Fault-based divorce law produced collusive perjury in court #qualifies (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1151
• Statutes displaced common law while state courts revolutionized tort liability #expands (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2838
• The practice of law shifted from courtroom litigation to transactional work #expands (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3621
• Adopting negligence doctrine reoriented tort law from redressing injury to deterring blameworthy conduct. #expands (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3405
• State courts since the 1950s have radically expanded plaintiffs’ tort recovery #expands (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3399
• Falling farmer influence and rising business power revived national bankruptcy law #expands (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3141
• The family gains legal salience precisely as governance shifts to statistical abstractions #expands (0.75)
• Court composition changes drove litigants to shift between courts and legislatures #expands (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3143
• Knowing divorce statistics changes how lay people approach marriage #complicates (0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 109