Sex, Preference, and Family - Essays on Law and Nature

Zusatztext The issues the book raises ... have an international resonance and appeal ... In producing such a wide-ranging, detailed and meticulously referenced book the editors are to be congratulated on a number of counts. The general quality of the contributions, the rigour of the scholarship and the sustained attempt to embrace interdisciplinarity are to be welcomed ... the book represents a timely contribution to critical studies of law and the family in the way in which it challenges the normativity both of "family law" and of (hetero)sexuality itself. Informationen zum Autor David M. Estlund is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. Martha Nussbaum is Ernest Freund Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. Klappentext This collection of essays by a group of pre-eminent philosophers and legal scholars addresses the complicated and controversial issue of the social construction of sexuality, gender, and family. To varying degrees, all the essays focus on the general theme of the plasticity and socially constructed nature of sexual desire and preference (although more than one of the essays argues against this general thesis). Zusammenfassung A collection of essays examining the relationship between nature and law, the 'personal' and the 'political'. Some focus on the grey area of what is 'natural'; others on areas thought to be natural rather than socially shaped. A variety of disciplines, particularly philosophy, political science and law, contribute to the debate.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David M. (Associate Professor of Philosop Estlund, David M. Nussbaum Estlund, Estlund Nussbaum
• Con la collaborazione di: David M. Estlund (Editore), David M. (Associate Professor of Philosophy Estlund (Editore), Martha C. Nussbaum (Editore), Martha C. (Professor of Law and Ethics Nussbaum (Editore), Martha Craven Nussbaum (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.08.1998
• EAN: 9780195122879
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512287-9
• Pagine: 366
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Sociology: family & relationships, Gender studies, gender groups, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships