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Collects together the author's work on the family and society, and the part law plays in defining, structuring and controlling it. This book questions the role of family law and its interface with family values, as well as the rights and best interests of children.
List of contents
Contents: Family values and family justice; Disputing children; The best interests of the child? Is the best interests of the child in the best interests of children?; What's right with rights for children; The end of the Century of the Child?; Children are unbeatable; Saviour siblings; Why it remains important to take children's rights seriously; Legal ideologies, patriarchal precedents and domestic violence; The right to responsible parents; Does surrogacy have a future after Brazier?; Not such a queer idea: is there a case for same sex marriages?; Questioning the delegalization movement in family law: do we really want a family court?; Is the Jewish Get any business of the state?; Towards a critical theory of family law; Name Index.
About the author
Michael Freeman is Professor of English Law at University College London. His research interests are in cultural pluralism in particular in relation to the rights of children and in medical ethics particularly in relation to medically assisted reproduction.He has published in the areas of Family Law, Child Law and Policy, Children's Rights, Medicine, Ethics and the Law and Medical Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory. He is the author of over 40 books, editor of a large number of international journals and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Summary
This collection brings together articles by Michael Freeman about the family and society and the part law plays in defining, structuring and controlling the family. This book provides essential material for scholars and students of family law, as well as those interested in gender and patriarchy, law and feminism, rights, and dispute resolution.
