Changing Contours of Domestic Life, Family and Law: Caring and Sharing Contributor(s): Wong, Simone (Editor), Bottomley, Anne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1841139041 ISBN-13: 9781841139043 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Drawing from a wide range of material and socio-legal methods, this collection brings together original essays written by internationally renowned scholars investigating emerging patterns in the shape and form of the legal regulation of domestic relat |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Family Law - General |
Dewey: 346.015 |
LCCN: 2009499602 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 236 pages |
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Publisher Description: Drawing from a wide range of material and socio-legal methods, this collection brings together original essays, written by internationally renowned scholars, investigating emerging patterns in the shape and form of the legal regulation of domestic relations. Taking as a focus the theme of 'caring and sharing', the collection includes chapters which reflect on the changing contours of what we think of as 'domestic relations'; the impact which legal recognition carries in making visible some relationships rather than others; the potential for normative values carried within patterns of legal recognition and regulation; intersections between private law and public policy; the role of private law in the allocation of responsibility and privilege; the differential impact of seemingly progressive policies on economically vulnerable or socially marginal groupings; tensions between family law models and models carried within other fields of private law; and, unusually, architectures in law and the built environment designed to facilitate broader accounts of domestic relationships. This thoughtful, provocative and wide-ranging collection will be a must for anyone, whatever their discipline background, interested in the insights and potential offered by a fresh engagement with the complexity of domestic relations and the law. |