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13 S. Tex. L.J. 220 (1971-1972)
Book Review

handle is hein.journals/stexlr13 and id is 234 raw text is: BOOK. REVIEW PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY Second Edition By WILLIAM Q. deFUNIAK & MICHAEL J. VAUGHN The University of Arizona Press, 1971 Practitioners handling litigation in the area of martial prop- erty rights or students of the law will be interested in this new second edition, the first edition being published in 1943 by William Q. deFuniak. Because of the demand, and the many changes which have taken place in this field of the law, the sec- ond edition has updated the material, and brought forward these changes. The authors, each well known and respected in the realm of community property rights have combined their talents to pro- duce an outstanding one volume work in this difficult field of the law. All of the community property jurisdictions within the United States are included in this edition1 The format begins with a historical background of the com- munity property concept with its origins in the Roman or Ger- manic framework of customs and laws, although the authors point out that traces of the community property concept can be de- tected even earlier. The historical background extends down to the more refined Spanish laws and finally to the establishment of the community property system in the United States. The format continues with a full discussion of the initiation and existence of the martial community, ownership and manage- ment, the rights and duties of each spouse, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the spouses, the dissolution of the martial com- munity, and concludes with a section on the aspects of taxation. The organization of the book lends itself easily to use by either the student or the practitioner. Each chapter is broken down into sections set out by title and category in the table of contents mak- ing reference to the particular point readily accessible. The re- searcher will find numerous footnotes citing cases, law review 1. Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington.

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