Fragmenting fatherhood : a socio-legal study / Richard Collier and Sally Sheldon.

By:

Collier, Richard, 1961-

Contributor(s):

Sheldon, Sally

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Hart, 2008.Description: viii, 274 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781841134178 (pbk.) :
1841134171 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

346.42017 COL

LOC classification:

KD772

Contents:

1.Introducing fatherhood and the law -- 2.Fatherhod and \'natural\' reproduction -- 3.Fatherhod and assisted reproduction -- 4.Marital fatherhood -- Post-separation fatherhood -- 6.Unmarried fatherhood -- 7.Fragmenting fatherhood.

Summary: This title provides the first sustained engagement with the way that fatherhood has been understood, constructed and regulated within English law. Drawing on a range of disparate legal provisions, and material from diverse disciplines, it sketches the major contours of the figure of the father as drawn in law and social policy.

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Short Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	346.42017 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		207853

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-274).

This title provides the first sustained engagement with the way that fatherhood has been understood, constructed and regulated within English law. Drawing on a range of disparate legal provisions, and material from diverse disciplines, it sketches the major contours of the figure of the father as drawn in law and social policy.