Family law, gender and the state : text, cases and materials

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Family law, gender and the state : text, cases and materials

Alison Diduck, Felicity Kaganas

Hart, 2006

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 693-732

Includes index

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The second edition of this work on family law, comprising text, cases and materials, provides not only an explication of legal principle but also explores, primarily from a feminist perspective, some of the assumptions about, and constructions of, gender, sexual orientation, class and culture that underlie the law. It examines the ideology of the family and, in particular, the role of the law in contributing to and reproducing that ideology. Structured around the themes of welfare, equality and family privacy, the book aims to offer the benefits of a textbook while also giving students a wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion, using the case method to demonstrate how various issues might be resolved. As well as providing a firm grounding in family law, the text sets the law in its social and historical context and encourages a critical approach by students to the subject. It provides an ideal introduction to family law for undergraduates, but will be equally helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it provides a challenging set of materials set within a theoretically rich set of ideas and arguments. 'A stimulating work which attempts to situate family law in its social, historical and political context. Its appeal should not be confined to family law students, as its commitment to a critical and analytical approach offers insights and ideas with broader significance.' Mary Childs, Child and Family Law Quarterly, September 2002 'The arguments are provocative, the analysis is stimulating and the materials amassed strongly support the authors' aim to question the "axiomatic status of what is traditionally designated as the family".' Fiona E Raitt, Infant and Child Development, September 2002 'It is not often that one can say of a textbook in Law that it "makes interesting reading" with quite the enthusiasm that can be expressed for this text. This new publication offers something that few textbooks seem to offer - a book you CAN open up virtually anywhere and find an interesting piece on almost any aspect of the broad family law spectrum.' Penny Booth, The Law Teacher, September 2002 'All the major themes in feminist and constructionist perspectives in family law are presented together with a wealth of readings and extensive references. As a teaching manual, it is excellent - a coherent feminist perspective across the entire range of family law' Marty Slaughter, Feminist Legal Studies, July 2003

目次

  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Cases
  • Table of Legislation SECTION 1 What is a Family? 1 Law and 'The Family' 2 Legal Status and Personal Relationships 3 The Adult-Child-State Relationship: Reproduction and Child-Rearing 4 Children and their Mothers and Fathers 5 Household Economics SECTION 2 The Principles Behind the Law 6 Equality: Dividing the Family Assets 7 Equal Status under the Children Act 1989-Parental Responsibility 8 The Welfare Principle 9 A Public or Private Matter-Child Abuse 10 A Public or Private Matter? Domestic Violence 11 A Public or Private Matter-Alternative Dispute Resolution and Negotiation SECTION 3 Reordering Family Relationships 12 Violence and Separation 13 Making Ends Meet 14 Dissolution of Legal Relationships: The Process and its Consequences 15 Children in Non-Marital Relationships and Financial Adjustment on the Breakdown of Marital Relationships 16 Decisions about Children's Upbringing: Parental Responsibility, the Child's Wishes, the Medical Profession and the Court 17 Child Protection Bibliography
  • Index
  • Contents

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