Overview
The new edition of this popular book of text, cases and materials on family law, as well as providing a firm grounding in family law, sets the law in its social and historical context and encourages a critical approach by students. Legal principle is set against a background which explores, primarily from a feminist perspective, some of the assumptions relating to gender, sexual orientation, class and culture underlying 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 giving students a wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion, and uses the case method to demonstrate how various issues might be resolved. It has proven to be an ideal introduction to family law for undergraduates, but is equally helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it provides a challenging set of materials accompanied by a theoretically rich set of ideas and arguments. Students of social policy, child law or gender studies will also find this book of interest.
Full Product Details
Author: Alison Diduck ,
Felicity Kaganas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 4.00cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 1.248kg
ISBN: 9781841134192
ISBN 10: 1841134198
Pages: 798
Publication Date: 09 January 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
,
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By: 9781849461498
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
"""...a stimulating work which attempts to situate family law in its social, historical and political context. Mary Childs, Child and Family Law Quarterly...provocative...[and]...stimulating...the materials amassed strongly support the authors' aim to ""question the axiomatic status of what is traditionally designated as family"". Fiona E Raitt, Infant and Child Development...offers something that few textbooks seem to offer...this text is a book you can open up virtually anywhere and find an interesting piece on almost any aspect of the broad family law spectrum...a thoroughly sound and stimulating collection of ready-made readings.... Penny Booth, The Law Teacher"""
...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 crucial 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 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 ... A thoroughly sound and stimulating collection of ready-made readings ... a valuable addition to any library. 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
Author Information
Alison Diduck is a Senior Lecturer in Law at University College London. Felicity Kaganas is a Senior Lecturer in Law and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Law,the Child and the Family at Brunel University.
