Family Law, Gender and the State: Text, Cases and Materials - Brossura

Diduck, Alison; Kaganas, Felicity

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ISBN 10: 184946149X ISBN 13: 9781849461498

Casa editrice: Hart Pub Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

The third edition of this work on family law provides not only an explication of legal principle, but also explores - primarily from a feminist perspective - some of the assumptions about gender, sexual orientation, class, and culture that underlie the law. The book 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, Family Law, Gender and the State offers the benefits of a textbook while also giving students a wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion. As well as providing a firm grounding in family law, the text sets the law in its social and historical context, and encourages a critical approach to the subject. It provides an ideal introduction to family law for undergraduates, but will be equally helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it provides a challenging selection of materials set within a theoretical framework rich in ideas and arguments.

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Recensione:

Review of the second edition: 'Diduck and Kaganas examine legal developments to shed light on society, principally by investigating the ways in which family law constructs and regulates family life and responsibilities. Theirs is an important and ambitious book that aims ultimately at a feminist restatement of family law. .... [T]he [book] is written and referenced in such depth that it is a useful resource for legal as well as social science researchers at all levels, whether looking for theoretical inspiration or drawing up a literature review. The range of diverse sources that Diduck and Kaganas draw on is impressive: they seem to have included every bit of material that helps feminists make sense of family law. There is a well-pitched selection of further reading of such material at the end of each chapter. What's more, they undersell themselves by describing their book as "Text, Cases and Materials", because they have woven by far the largest proportion of the cases and materials into the text.' --Helen Reece, Times Higher Education

Reviews of first edition: '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 critical and analytical approach offers insights and ideas with broader significance.' --Mary Childs, Child and Family Law Quarterly

'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.' --Penny Booth, The Law Teacher

L'autore:

Alison Diduck is Professor of Law at University College London. Felicity Kaganas is a Reader in Law at Brunel University.

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• Editore: Hart Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184946149X
• ISBN 13: 9781849461498
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 814