Family Law and Personal Life

This second edition of John Eekelaar's classic work examines the questions at the heart of family law, rethinking the ideas that shape our understanding of the family as a social unit, its purpose, and the obligations and rights that belong to family members.

Table des matières

• 1: Power


• 2: Rights


• 3: Respect


• 4: Friendship


• 5: Responsibility


• 6: Truth


• 7: Community

A propos de l'auteur

John Eekelaar taught family law at Pembroke College, Oxford from 1965 to 2005, and was its academic director from 2005-2009. He was lecturer (later reader) in law at Oxford University from 1965-2005. He was a founder member of the International Society of Family Law, of which he was president from 1985-8, and founding co-editor of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. He has written and researched widely in family law. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2001 and distinguished visiting fellow by the New Zealand Law Foundation in 2005, and is now emeritus fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

Résumé

This second edition of John Eekelaar's classic work examines the questions at the heart of family law, rethinking the ideas that shape our understanding of the family as a social unit, its purpose, and the obligations and rights that belong to family members.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Eekelaar, John (Emeritus Fellow Eekelaar, Eekelaar John
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780198814085
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881408-5
• Pages: 238
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, LAW / Family Law / Marriage, Sociology: family & relationships, Family Law, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law