Failure to flourish
Subtitle: how law undermines family relationships
By: Clare Huntington
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780195385762
Subjects: Domestic relations
Description: This title argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families. Strong, stable, positive relationships are essential for both individuals and society to flourish, but the law makes it harder for parents to provide children with these kinds of relationships. Zoning laws can create long commutes and impersonal neighbourhoods. Criminal laws can take parents away from home. The book contends that we must re-orient the legal system to help families avoid crises, and when conflicts arise, intervene in a manner that heals relationships.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: The place of relationships; title: Families in transition and families in crisis; title: The state's role in relationships; title: Negative family law; title: A new vision for resolving family disputes; title: Implementing the new vision; title: A new vision for structuring family relationships; title: Implementing the new vision, part two; title: The limits of flourishing family law.