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Zusatztext Herring should be commented for his up-to-date research within this publication. Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, UK. Klappentext 'Caring and the Law' considers the law's response to caring. It explores how care is valued and recognised, how it is regulated and restricted and how the values of caring are reflected in the law. It does this by examining the law's interaction with caring in a wide range of fields including family, medical, welfare, criminal and tort law. At the heart of the book is the claim that the law has failed to recognise the importance of caring in many areas and in doing so has led to the costs and burdens of care falling on those who provide it, primarily women. It has also meant that the law has failed to protect those who receive care from the abuse that can take place in a caring context. The book promotes an ethic of care as providing an ethical and conceptual framework for the law to respond to caring relationships. ... a thoroughly researched, extremely well-structured and highly thought-provoking text on how the law addresses - or does not, as the case may be - the issue of care. This is a book every law student and graduate should read to assist them to lay down a solid foundation upon which to build their future practice. Sue Field Law Society Journal Volume 51, Number 8 Zusammenfassung This book considers the law's response to caring. It explores how care is valued and recognised, how it is regulated and restricted and how the values of caring are reflected in the law. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Caring I. Introduction II. Title III. Ethic of Care IV. Real Life V. Politics and Care VI. The Structure of the Book 2. The Nature of Care I. Introduction II. Terminology III. The Disability Critique of Care IV. Paid and Unpaid Care V. Gender and Caring VI. The Status of Carers VII. The Extent of Caring VIII. Caring Relationships and Disadvantage IX Conclusion 3. Ethic of Care I. Introduction II. The Origins of an Ethic of Care III. Central Themes in an Ethic of Care Approach IV. Disputed Issues Surrounding an Ethic of Care V. Criticisms of an Ethic of Care VI. Ethic of Care and Law VII. Conclusion 4. State Support of Care I. Introduction II. The Political Background III. Why Care Matters to the State IV. The Basis of the Support V. The Nature of the Support VI. Defamilisation VII. Work-Life Balance VIII. Commodification IX. Current Law X. Government Reforms on Support for Carers XI. Future Funding of Care XII. The Role of the Courts XIII. Conclusion 5. Caring and Medical Law I. Introduction II. The Place of Carers in Medical Law III. Mental Capacity and Carers IV. Carers as Decision-Makers V. Mental Health Act 1983 and Carers VI. Human Tissue Act 2004 and Carers VII. Autonomy VIII. Bodies IX. Rationing X. Confidentiality XI. Personhood XII. Conclusion 6. Family Law and Caring I. Introduction II. Care at the Heart of Family Law III. Marriage IV. Parenthood V. Disputes over Children VI. Financial Orders VII. Unmarried Couples and Property Disputes VIII. Autonomy and Family Law IX. Conclusion 7. Caring and General Law I. Introduction II. Human Rights and Caring Relationships III. Carers and Tort IV. Carers' Employment Law Protection V. Conclusion 8. Caring and Abuse I. Introduction II. Recent Scandals III. Statistics IV. Defining Intimate Relationship Abuse V. The Causes of Intimate Abuse VI. Rights to Protection VII. Criminal Law VIII. Civil Law IX. Compulsory Intervention X. Prevention and Regulation XI. Conclusion 9....
