Ayelet Blecher-Prigat
Senior Lecturer, Sha’arey Mishpat Law College

I thank the participants of the Rights and Obligations of the Contemporary Family: Theorizing Individualism, Families and the State Conference; I greatly benefitted from their thought-provoking comments. Special thanks are due to Elimelech Westreich for his insightful commentary on an earlier version of this Article, which was presented at the conference, and to Pamela Laufer-Ukeles for thoroughly reading an earlier draft of the article and providing me with invaluable comments. Last, I wish to thank the editorial board of Theoretical Inquiries in Law for their beneficial editorial comments and advice.