Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice : Issues of Power in...

Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free ChoiceIssues of Power in Theory and Practice\nAuthor(s): Sharon Thompson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Hart Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781849465984, 978-1849465984\nSynopsis\nThis book provides an alternative perspective on an issue fraught with difficulty the enforcement of prenuptial agreements. Such agreements are enforced because the law acknowledges the rights of spouses to make autonomous decisions about the division of their property on divorce. Yet this book demonstrates that, in the attempt to promote autonomy, other issues, such as imbalance of power between the parties, become obscured.\n\nThis book offers an academic and practical analysis of the real impact of prenuptial agreements on the relationships of those involved. Using a feminist and contractual theoretical framework, it attempts to produce a more nuanced understanding of the autonomy exercised by parties entering i.