Law and Parenthood
Law and Parenthood
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Most academic literature focuses on the position of the child in relation to the parent or the state. In reality, the law is more concerned with the role and function of parents, and this new book addresses the key issues of parental rights and responsibilities.
- This book pioneers the study of child law in context by examining legal concepts of parentage and parenting within their historical, philosophical and sociological perspectives
- Special attention is given to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted at the United Nations in 1989
- Written by leading academics in the field
Product details
May 1995Paperback
9780521613521
502 pages
216 × 140 × 28 mm
0.63kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Law, parenthood and society
- 2. Perspectives on the rights and duties of parenthood
- Part II. Parentage:
- 3. Automatic parental status
- 4. Ascribed parental status and the child's identity
- 5. Unmarried fathers, former parents and non-parents
- Part III. Private Law: Parental Responsibility:
- 6. Issues and influences
- 7. Dual parenting: anticipation and actuality
- 8. Separated parents (1): caring. Separated parents (2): paying
- Part IV. Parents and the State:
- 9. State support for parents
- 10. Educative duties
- 11. Protecting children through support and partnership
- 12. Compulsory intervention to protect children
- 13. Children in the public care
- Part V. Law and Parenthood in Litigation:
- 14. Outside court proceedings
- 15. Court proceedings
- Part VI. Conclusion:
- 16. From nature to nurture.
