370 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
370 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
370 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
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Feminist Perspectives on Child Law is a collection of interdisciplinary socio-legal essays which explore the complex relationship between childhood,gender and the law. Drawing on a wide range of feminist and critical theories and empirical research, these original essays challenge the gender neutrality of law; they explore the shifting constructions of childhood by law, legal practice and... Read more
Series Editors’ Preface, Contributors, Acknowledgments, Table of Cases, Table of Statutes, Table of Abbreviations, 1. INTRODUCTION: REFLECTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMINISM AND CHILD LAW, 2. FEMINISM AND CHILD LAW, 3. CHILDREN BY DONATION: DO THEY HAVE A CLAIM TO THEIR GENETIC PARENTAGE?, 4. CONSTRUCTIONS OF MATERNITY AND MOTHERHOOD IN STORIES OF LOST CHILDREN, 5. DIVORCING THE CHILDREN, 6. ANXIOUS PARENTHOOD, THE VULNERABLE CHILD AND THE ‘GOOD FATHER’: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEGAL REGULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEN AND CHILDREN, 7. CONTACT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDE, 8. GOVERNING BAD GIRLS: CHANGING CONSTRUCTIONS OF FEMALE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, 9. LEGAL, PROTECTED AND TIMELY: YOUNG PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVES ON THE HETEROSEXUAL AGE OF CONSENT, 10. EDUCATION LAW/EDUCATING GENDER, 11. EMBODYING OUR HOPES AND FEARS?, 12. FEMINISM AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, 13. SOLICITORS AND LEGAL SUBJECTS, 14. ‘HOW THE UN STOLE CHILDHOOD’: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Jo Bridgeman, Daniel Monk
