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Family

Jul. 30, 2026

Family law shows America's founding still evolves with us

Family Law's evolution over 250 years, from Visigothic codes through Seneca Falls to a diverse modern bench, shows the Founders built a legal system designed to grow alongside scientific and social change.

Thomas M. Hall

Attorney
Law Office of Thomas M. Hall

Family Law

PO Box 49820
Los Angeles , CA 90049

Phone: (310) 231-3475

Email: TomHallFamilyLaw@aol.com

Loyola Law School

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Family law shows America's founding still evolves with us
Provided by Abbas Hadjian

A lot of articles about our national birthday discuss our history with a sense of nostalgia, as if things were better in the past. But legal history shows us that our Founding Fathers gave us concepts and systems that continue, after 250 years, to improve the lives of everyone who lives here. Family Law provides an especially dynamic lens through which to view how law continues to expand opportunities and freedoms based on what our Founders established.

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