1. Introduction / Antony W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn
2. Marriage: the long-term contract / Lloyd R. Cohen
3. Marital commitment and the legal regulation of divorce / Elizabeth S. Scott
4. Mutual consent divorce / Allen M. Parkman
5. economic approach to adultery law / Eric Rasmusen
6. Louisiana's covenant marriage law: recapturing the meaning of marriage for the sake of the children / Katherine Shaw Spaht
7. Cohabitation and marriage / Antony W. Dnes
8. Marriage as a signal / Robert Rowthorn
9. For better or for worse? Is bargaining in marriage and divorce efficient? / Martin Zelder
10. Weak men and disorderly women: divorce and the division of labor / Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig
11. impact of legal reforms on marriage and divorce / Douglas W. Allen
12. European divorce laws, divorce rates, and their consequences / Ian Smith.