Changing contours of domestic life, family and law
Subtitle: caring and sharing
By: edited by Anne Bottomley and Simone Wong.
Contributors: Bottomley, Anne.; Wong, Simone.
Series: Onati international series in law and society; Oñati international series in law and society
Publisher: Hart Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781841139036; 9781841139043
Subjects: Domestic relations
Description: Drawing from a wide range of material and socio-legal methods, this collection brings together original essays, written by internationally renowned scholars, investigating emerging patterns in the shape and form of the legal regulation of domestic relations. Taking as a focus the theme of 'caring and sharing', the collection includes chapters which reflect on the changing contours of what we think of as 'domestic relations'; the impact which legal recognition carries in making visible some relationships rather than others; the potential for normative values carried within patterns of legal recognition and regulation; intersections between private law and public policy; the role of private law in the allocation of responsibility and privilege; the differential impact of seemingly progressive policies on economically vulnerable or socially marginal groupings; tensions between family law models and models carried within other fields of private law; and, unusually, architectures in law and the built environment designed to facilitate broader accounts of domestic relationships. This thoughtful, provocative and wide-ranging collection will be a must for anyone, whatever their discipline background, interested in the insights and potential offered by a fresh engagement with the complexity of domestic relations and the law. Authors: Anne Barlow, Anne Bottomley, Susan Boyd and Cindy Baldassi, Alison Diduck, Susan Scott-Hunt, Nan Seuffert, Carol Smart, Simone Wong and Claire Young
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction changing contours of domestic life, family and law : caring and sharing / Anne Bottomley and Simone Wong; title: Making kin : relationality and law / Carol Smart; title: Property and couple relationships : what does community of property have to offer English law? / Anne Barlow; title: Caring and sharing : interdependency as a basis for property redistribution? / Simone Wong; title: Relationship fairness / Alison Diduck; title: Taking spousal status into account for tax purposes : the pitfalls and penalties / Claire F.L. Young; title: Marriage or naught? : marriage and unmarried cohabitation in Canada / Susan B. Boyd and Cindy L. Baldassi; title: Same-sex immigration : domestication and homonormativity / Nan Seuffert; title: "They shall be simple in their homes ..." : the many dimensions of the idea and practices of co-operative housing / Anne Bottomley; title: Intentional communities and care-giving : co-housing possibilities / Susan Scott Hunt.